Inside The Games5mon
1896 - Athens
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 ...
1956 Melbourne Olympic torch only one missing from Panathenaic Stadium museum in Athens
Mystery surrounds the absence of Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic torch from a world-renowned display at the birthplace of the Modern ...
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New Olympic Sporting Events Coming To Paris
The Olympics are rooted in tradition, with the first official Summer Olympics staged in 1896 in Athens, Greece that drew athletes from 13 nations. Ever since then, the marathon has been a mainstay ...
The ‘rare’ Melbourne Olympic torch missing from the Panathenaic Olympic museum
The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display at an Athenian Olympics museum remains a mystery.
USA Track & Field25d
Tom Burke
reeling in the double at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, in Athens, Greece. At age 21, he blew away fields in both the 100 and 400 meters to earn the gold medal with times of 12.0 and 54.2 ...