Chariot racing was a sport that only the wealthiest ... The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running ...

Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became ...

(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

David Burghley ran at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie of the games, Chariots of Fire, ...

She won the four-horse chariot race with her team in two consecutive Olympics. Her victories have inspired women all over Greece to start taking part in the horse events. The other events are a ...

In the ancient Olympics, chariot races and horse racing used to be part of the programme. Horses continue to remain in focus and this year at the Paris Olympics in July-August, an Indian ...

However, women could still own horses in the chariot races at the Olympics. Cynisca of Sparta was a famous princess who competed in the Olympics. She was the first woman to win a race as a chariot ...

In ancient Olympics, chariot races and horse racing used to be part of the program. Horses continue to remain in focus and this year at the Paris Olympics in July-August, an Indian, for the first ...

ATHENS, GREECE — Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both two-horse and four-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners ...