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On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...
Cricket to have six teams at 2028 Olympics, 90-player quota given on Games return
In what is huge news for fans, cricket at the 2028 LA Olympics will feature six teams each in the men’s and women’s ...
USA Track & Field1mon
Ellery Clark
Versatile in both his athletic and professional lives, Ellery Clark was a double gold medalist at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. At the Olympic revival ... to a sixth place finish in the ...
JSTOR Daily28d
The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the Princeton Connection
The Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 2003 The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the... The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the Princeton Connection This is the metadata ...
Lifehacker26d
The Difference Between Weightlifting and Weight Lifting (and Why It Matters)
By the time the first (modern) Olympics rolled around in 1896, there was enough interest ... was dropped from competition. This leaves the two-lift sport we know and love today.