All Sports - London 2012 Olympics - The New York Times
Competitive Armchair Olympics: Easy Rider LeBron James's bike has a flat tire, so he's taking a cab to see the weight lifting competition, for which, as it happens, he did not qualify. The Beginning of Back to Normal By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON August 12, 2012 Periodically throughout the Olympics, we checked in with Dennis Spurr, the owner of the Fantastic Sausage Factory in Weymouth, a pretty town on the English coast where the sailing events took place
The Post: The independent voice of Athens and Ohio University
Cultures represented at the show ranged from Japanese to African to Latin American, and acts were presented by members of Ohio University's international student population, which numbers 1,859 (as of August 2014)
Ancient Sports
Click on any of the event names to see a description of a particular sport: Boxing Equestrian events Chariot racing Riding Pankration Pentathlon Discus Javelin Jump Running Wrestling Running Wrestling This exhibit is a subset of materials from the Perseus Project database and is copyrighted
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Pindar even hints (writing of another set of Games held at Delphi) that the losers sloped off home in secret, for fear of the taunts and abuse they were likely to receive from their disappointed supporters or contemptuous rivals. You didn't even get a medal if you came first in an Olympic competition, just a wreath of olive leaves, and if you were lucky a statue of yourself near the stadium, or in your home town
History of the Olympics - 1896 Olympic Games in Athens
Athletes wore their athletic club uniform rather than a national team one.Pole vaulting, sprints, shot put, weight lifting, swimming, cycling, target shooting, tennis, marathon and gymnastics were all events at the first Olympics
In addition to the pre-existing religious shrines and altars, a vast complex of buildings and structures was constructed at Olympia to accommodate the growing number of sports and athletes. Many of the building foundations remain, but few walls and pillars still stand, and the stadium where footraces were held long ago is now just a broad stretch of barren ground
The end of amateurism began in 1960s in the Communist countries, where top athletes were supported by the state, but were officially considered amateurs. Because of the tremendous potential for profit, the process of selecting host cities has become politicized, and there is a large potential for corruption
As a result, the IOC instituted a number of reforms including, in 1999, initiating age and term limits for members and barring them from visiting cities bidding to be Olympic sites. All rights reserved.More on Olympic games The Modern Olympics from Infoplease: Olympic games: The Modern Olympics - The Modern Olympics The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the ..
History of the Olympics - Creating the Modern Games
At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history.The ancient Olympic Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years
First modern Olympics is held - Apr 06, 1896 - HISTORY.com
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First modern Olympic Games - Apr 06, 1896 - HISTORY.com
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The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896
The event was the idea of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France who traveled the world to gather support for his dream to have nations come together and overcome national disputes, all in the name of sport. This was disappointing to Athens, which wanted to be a permanent host, but set into motion the international festival we know today as the Olympic Summer Games
BBC - Primary History - Ancient Greeks - The Olympic Games
The fighters wore leather gloves and a boxer was allowed to go on hitting his opponent even after he'd knocked him to the ground! However, cheating was punished. He won." One mother was so keen to see her son compete that she broke the no-women rule, and got in disguised as a man! The running track was 183 m (200 yards) long
The reverse side had the Acropolis site with the caption in Greek "International Olympic Games in Athens in 1896."More info Poster No official poster was made for the 1896 Olympic Games, but the cover page of the official report is often used to refer to the Games of the I Olympiad. Those in second place were given a copper medal, a branch of laurel and a diploma.The obverse side of the medal has Zeus' face along with his hand holding a globe with the winged victory on it, with the caption in Greek "Olympia"
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