“At its heart the Ancient Olympic Games was a religious festival held in a religious sanctuary,” Paul Christesen, professor of Ancient Greek History at Dartmouth College, USA, explained. As Christesen ...
The Paris Olympics in 1900 was the first in the history of Olympiwhereere female athletes were allowed to participate. The females participated in lawn tennis and golf. The London Olympics, 2012 was ...
It also gives us some of the most controversial moments in Summer Olympics history. The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ...
Shooter Manu Bhaker opened India's medal tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics, making history by securing third place in the women's individual 10m air pistol event. She became the first-ever woman ...
a country banned from the Olympics because of its Apartheid rules. Far greater impact The boycott didn't stop New Zealand from competing at the Games, but its impact was far greater than that, having ...