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A Skeptic Attends the First Modern Olympics
In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for The ... a sanctuary site dedicated to Zeus. To mark the start of the games, ancient Greeks offered ...
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Rare gold medal from 1904 St. Louis Olympics up for auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles (483 kilometers) south. If that drama weren't enough, Fred Lorz looked to ...
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When does modern pentathlon start and end at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles south. If that drama weren’t enough, Fred Lorz looked to have won the ...
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Rare gold medal from 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for US$545,371 at auction
The sale is part of hundreds of Olympic items that were up for sale at the auction, including a bronze medal from the 2024 ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles (483 kilometers) south. If that drama weren’t enough, Fred Lorz looked to ...
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A rare gold medal from 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles south. If that drama weren’t enough, Fred Lorz looked to have won the ...