Every four years, around 50,000 people came from ... the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

The Olympic Games began ... She was the first woman to win a race as a chariot owner against men. Unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years. This was called the Heraean ...

Pierre – known as the father of the modern Olympic Games – chose to adopt the ancient tradition of a four-year cycle, as a nod to the event’s historical significance. The first modern games ...

St. Louis, 1904: The hosting of the Olympic games in St. Louis, USA, marked the first time they had been held in a majority English-speaking nation, and also the first time they had been held ...

the Games. The first official modern Olympic Games dates back to 1870, but it was another 30 years before the first woman would compete in the 1900 Games in Paris. Yet only 22 female competitors ...