Do you know when Canada got its first Olympic Games or its first medals? Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. Dancers dressed as priestesses hand over the ...

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This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

After being stripped of her bronze medal in Torino, Russia’s Olga Pyleva-Medvedtseva became the first athlete in Olympic history to win a medal after having one stripped during the previous Olympic ...

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In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

At the midpoint of the Olympics, we look back at some of the ... Katie Ledecky became the most decorated American woman in Olympic history and Simone Biles won gold in the women's gymnastics ...

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Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. OLYMPIA, GREECE – The first ever Olympics were held in Greece on the plains of Olympia — that's where the name ...