Olympics Articles Tagged Athletics

The beginning of the Olympics, being shrouded in mythical legends, was said to have been started in 776 BC based on inscriptions found at Olympia in Greece. The games were...

Looking for a quick intro: 2014 Winter Olympics? The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held from Feb. 7-23 in Sochi, Russia. The 2014 Olympic festivities will begin long before the...

The Summer Olympic Games have featured 43 different sports over its history, including a number of additions over the years, creating today's list of modern Olympic Sports. The 2012 Games...

You love swash-buckling motion pictures and after watching “Pirates of the Caribbean” you now want to learn how to fence. Fencing is a sport as ancient as the Bronze Age....

Olympic basketball history goes a long way back, spanning over a century. Even though the Olympic Committee did not make basketball an Olympic sport until 1935, the game created by...

The history of the Olympic Rings goes back the first part of the 20th century. They were created when the Olympic flag was designed by Baron de Coubertin in 1913. The...

The 10 most famous Winter Olympic athletes found a balance of greatness both in sport and away from it. 1. Eric Heiden.  The American speed skater became the only Winter Olympian...