The first record of the Olympic Games being held was in 776 B.C. when a cook named Coroebus won the only event – a 630-feet (192-meter) footrace called the “stade” to become Olympic champion.

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Orsippus, who won a race in the stadium at Olympia running naked, when athletes used to wear a loincloth, is buried near Coroebus. They say that later Orsippus became a general and seized a part of ...

Every story has a beginning, and so does that of the Ancient Olympic Games, of course. In this case, it all started with Coroebus, a baker from the city of Elis, whose territory included Olympia ...

In August 2024, rumors spread on social media about the qualifications of Rachael Gunn (also known as "Raygun"), an Australian breakdancer who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Gunn's ...

Break dancing, professionally known as breaking, made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here's what to know about the sport's return to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris drew a combined average of 30.6 million viewers across NBCU’s constellation of platforms, marking an 82% jump in viewership compared to the Tokyo Games and ...

Following the closing ceremony of the Paris games, the claim that breakdancing would not be included in the Los Angeles summer Olympics in 2028 received widespread coverage in television, print ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics are now officially behind us. The Games wrapped up on Sunday night with the Closing Ceremony at the Stade de France, ending what was Paris’ first summer Olympics in 100 ...