The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre ... These problems – known as the "winner's curse" – have a long history. Debts from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were only paid off ...

Skipped History is a newsletter focused on overlooked ... Ben: To begin, can you talk a little bit about the formation of the modern Olympics? MW:. The modern Olympics started in 1896, founded ...

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

But there is a long history of unusual ... and today "even Olympics fanatics are unaware that arts, along with athletics, were a part of the modern Games." Justin Klawans has worked as a staff ...

1924. (Photo by: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympics during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were ...

Here’s some history along with how it works and ... the man credited for creating and introducing the modern event in the 1912 Olympics. He was inspired by the “ancient” style of the event ...

In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage ... South Korea’s Seong Seung-Min looks to make history as the youngest female medalist in ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics also will return to a site filled with its own history at Yves-du-Manoir. The stadium in Colombes, France, was the main location for the 1924 Olympics, when it was the venue ...

I have had a lifelong love of both history and the Olympics ... and doping have been around since the dawn of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. In 1904 Thomas Hicks won the Olympic marathon ...

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.