The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

The Paris Olympics opening ceremony set a high bar ... Katie Ledecky became the most decorated American woman in Olympic history and Simone Biles won gold in the women's gymnastics all-around ...

the star of the refugee team at the Paris Olympics this summer, will turn professional. Ngamba became the first refugee athlete in history to win an Olympic medal when she secured middleweight ...

Running is one of the most popular sports today and a fundamental human movement, raising the question, "When was running ...

Swimming has long been a sport defined by legacies, with athletes consistently motivating the next generation of stars.

The Proteas made a bit of history as they became just the second team to ever have three maiden test centuries in an innings, after Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs and Wiaan Mulder all brought up ...

At the 2016 Games in Rio, 45 per cent of the participants were women. Visit the Olympics.com documents repository to find a list of all documents published on this website. This section contains the ...

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An Olympic Village was built for the first time in Games history and it became a model for future Olympics. The Games had many other firsts, including victory podium and an Olympic mascot. The Games ...

The National Museum of American History and The History Channel developed these lessons based upon the exhibition, The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. The lesson plans, which include several ...