Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium ... Athletes went here to practise events that required a lot of space, like the javelin, discus and running.

I’ve pretty much dominated the running events at four consecutive Olympic Games ... of Zeus here is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World, and on the third day - the middle day of ...

The Ancient Olympic Games were a magnificent spectacle ... for five days by the fifth century BC and included a range of events such as running, jumping, throwing, boxing, wrestling, pankration ...

Separate events, known as the Heraean Games ... The practice of competing naked in the ancient Olympic Games is a fascinating ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...

The symbolic "Truce Run" is dedicated to Kleosthenes and aims to promote Olympic values, with a special emphasis on the ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony honoring the Olympic games' roots in Ancient Olympia Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has been ...

and calculate the dates of significant events such as the Olympic Games. No device of comparable technological sophistication is known from anywhere in the world for at least another 1,000 years.

Coe and Coventry are two-time Olympic champions — in track and swimming, respectively — and Samaranch is the longest-serving IOC member of the seven. The Spanish financier joined in 2001 when his ...