Unlike Olympic medals these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were smaller and made entirely of ...

A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games hosted on U.S.

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

The modern pentathlon ... Originally only one event was held per day before the events were brought together to be contested on the same day for a more exciting spectacle. The women’s event was ...

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon teamed up in Paris ("Team Cook ‘N Bacon") in synchronized diving to win America’s first medal of ...

The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche ...

Rising star Yang Wenlong targeted a place in the China squad for the Winter Olympics next year after his first FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup triumph on Saturday. Yang finished just ahead of ...