Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...

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The designer of the medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics, LVMH, has spoken out after a number of athletes handed them back.

To the family’s surprise the bronze colored medallion turned out to be an Olympic medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, held in Athens, Greece. The medal, which measures 2 inches ...

An engraving of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis decorated the front side of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games medals. Above the engraving, “12th Paralympic Games Athens 2004” was written in Greek. The ...

There were no gold, silver and bronze medals. Winners were given a wreath ... And inside the stadium the athletes would stand naked before all of Greece and the gods. Here they competed not ...