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Paris to Bring Back Swimming in Seine River After 100 Years
As the Olympics in Paris approach, the city is undergoing a remarkable transformation with a historic clean-up initiative. After being banned for a century due to the polluted water, swimmers and divers are soon to return to the River...
Ancient Greece
Kyniska of Sparta, the First Female Olympian
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Kyniska was a Spartan princess, she went down in history after becoming the first woman to win the Olympics of old.
Culture
Olympic Flame for the Paris Games to Sail on a Masted Ship from Greece
The Olympic Flame for the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille.
Paris organizers announced the flame’s journey on Friday at City...
Ancient Greece
Doping in Ancient Greece
Doping in sports goes back to the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Banned substances were used by athletes to boost their performance.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Olympia Soil Sent to France for the Paris Olympic Games
Paris is in the final stretch for the 2024 Olympic Games, and, for symbolic reasons, French officials have turned to ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Greece.
Representatives of France’s Terre de Jeux 2024 collected soil from...
Culture
Chinese Kids Sing the Olympic Anthem in Greek at Beijing Opening
A Chinese choir of 40 young children sang the Olympic Anthem in Greek during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.
The young kids -- who learned the Greek words in less than three months...
Greek News
Greece Leads Opening Ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Greece paraded first in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games which started on Friday in the Chinese capital.
The two athletes carrying the Greek national flag during the opening ceremony were Maria Danou, who will compete in...
Ancient Greece
Greece Partners with Microsoft to Digitally Preserve Ancient Olympia
Greece and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced "Ancient Olympia: Common Grounds," a new collaboration to digitally preserve and restore ancient Olympia, the original home of the Olympic games, using AI.
This digital revival project allows viewers around the world to...
Greece
On This Day in 2004: The Opening Ceremony of the Athens Olympics
On this day in 2004, the Athens Olympics held its historic opening ceremony celebration. Athens had been chosen as the host site for the XXVIII Olympiad at the 106th IOC session in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 5, 1997.
The games...
Culture
The Most Viral Moments of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics have come to an end, but there was no shortage of viral moments prior to the closing ceremony on Sunday.