A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia ...

The 1908 London Games were the first in which the modern Olympics began recognisably to emerge. A large stadium was built at White City, and athletes joined an opening ceremony parade behind their ...

The first modern-day Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece, in 1896, but female athletes didn't compete until the 1900 Olympic Games. And even then, women only made up 2.2 percent of athletes ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896, athletes have redefined limits in pursuit of the Olympic ideal: "Faster, higher, stronger." Through a combination of training, better regimen ...

Shooting has had a presence at the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896, where five events were held. In Paris, the shooting program will include 15 events. The competition ...

The first woman to win an event - as a trainer ... Invite them to share some knowledge about the modern-day Olympics and explain that they are going to find out more about how they began.

Modern pentathlon, which debuted at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, is looking to make the sport more fluid ... which determine where they start in the laser run event. The first athlete to cross the ...