Cynisca of Sparta was a famous princess who competed in the Olympics. She was the first woman to win a race as a chariot owner against men. Unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every ...

The 1932 Lake Placid Olympics was the first time that a victory podium was used at the Winter Games. Jack Shea — a speed ...

The International Olympic Committee has set a deadline for the end of next month for pre-certification of the Cortina track.

This is the country’s first-ever Olympic gold and its second ... Ruano had debuted in the previous Tokyo 2020 Olympics, finishing 26th. With her Olympic victory, Ruano joins Costa Rican swimmer ...

BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...