At the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, a French judge admitted being pressured to vote for the Russian skaters in order to secure an advantage for France in the pairs ice dancing competition. In ...

Competing in the Olympic Games, for ancient Greek communities, signaled shared values and identity. From competition to social class. There’s a kind of simple beauty to the idea of the games.

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. A short animation for pupils aged 7 - 11 exploring the original Olympic Games as held in Ancient Greece. BBC Teach.

"It was at Amsterdam 1928 that the tradition of the Greek delegation marching first was introduced – owing to the status of the founding country of the ancient Olympic Games," the official ...

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in ...

OLYMPIC URBAN LEGEND: Athletes during the Ancient Greek Olympic Games were amateurs. Until the 1970s, competition in the Olympic Games was reserved for amateur athletes, which in this sense is ...

For more on what ancient Greek Olympic games might have looked like, check out this awesome and largely historically accurate video by the Try Guys: Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: (@sales_belinda / X) ...

Ancient Greek Calculator Tracked Olympics. July 31, 2008 / 4:05 AM EDT / AP An astronomical calculator considered a technological marvel of antiquity was also used to track dates of the ancient ...

Why did Greece go first? Because it is the birthplace of the Olympic Games and holds this honor at every Olympics. "It was at Amsterdam 1928 that the tradition of the Greek delegation marching ...