On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

The Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 2003 The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the... The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the Princeton Connection This is the metadata ...

with the goal of staging the first modern Olympics in Paris in 1900. Pressed by Coubertin, the IOC soon decided to aim for 1896, with Athens as the site. That idea, too, met with resistance ...

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Rowing made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Paris Games. The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due to bad weather. Until 1976, there was only a men's ...

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 ...

In what is huge news for fans, cricket at the 2028 LA Olympics will feature six teams each in the men’s and women’s ...

Humboldt County Special Olympian returns home after serving as a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg torchbearer for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Europe.

In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic cycling history, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria won the women's road race Sunday afternoon in Japan to capture her nation's first Olympic medal since the inaugural ...

Published by Swiss niggli, the book traces the Olympic design history in the modern era, from the inaugural Olympiad in Athens dating back to 1896, to the forthcoming competition in Tokyo 2020. Each ...