The origin and meaning of the Olympic rings. The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896. However, the current ...

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here. If you’re enjoying our coverage from Paris, join Slate Plus to support our work. The official mascot of the Paris Olympics is a ...

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here.If you’re enjoying our coverage from Paris, join Slate Plus to support our work.. The official mascot of the Paris Olympics is a ...

Simone Biles, of the United States, holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris ...

The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy — and where the sport is going Biles seemed to make it a point to take her vibrant spotlight and redirect it toward the other ...

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) –The symbol (iconic mascots) of the Olympic and Paralympic Paris 2024 have been chosen in the form of Phrygian hats based on the durable idea of freedom.

The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896. However, the current symbol would not be used until a few years later. In 1913, Pierre de Coubertin the Founder of the Olympic Movement ...

The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy — and where the sport is going. It was a show of respect to Rebeca Andrade, whose excellence is symbolic of a sport that's ...

Gymnasts Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Rebeca Andrade ended the 2024 Olympics with a moment symbolic of where they hope the sport is headed. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

Where it is. And hopefully where it's going. Biles, the unequivocal Greatest of All Time, and Chiles, a three-time Olympic medalist whose journey back to the Games was a testament to talent and ...