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 ...

Kyniska celebrated an Olympic victory after entering her team into the four-horse chariot race. As owners rather than racers were considered victors, she was named winner despite the ban on women ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps a century after the founding of the Olympics in 776 B.C., chariot and jockeyed races were included in the games. This provided an opportunity for families to display their “hippic ...

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 ...