Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

Here's a look at the history of the Games, from ancient Greece to ... plus boxing, wrestling, pankration (combat sport) and chariot racing, were held at Olympia, a rural sanctuary in west Peloponnese.

Athletes competed every four years in running, jumping, boxing ... was called an “Olympiad,” in ancient Greece. Because the two alternate, we watch the Olympics every two years.

When visiting Olympia, it's important to respect the sacred nature of the site. The ruins are a testament to ancient Greek culture and should be treated with care. Avoid climbing on the ruins ...

Like their modern counterparts, they competed in wrestling, javelin throwing, boxing and long ... original ended in 393 C.E. Olympia wasn’t the only ancient Greek city to host an organized ...

These ruins of the sacred precinct at Olympia were ancient Greece’s most important sanctuary ... events but also in the pentathlon, wrestling, boxing, and pankration, though evidently in smaller ...

It’s an Olympic sport which has its origins in Ancient ... 2024 Olympic Games. It comes after tension between the IBA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as several boxing ...

Boxing has been a staple at the Summer Olympics for more than a century, with roots dating back to the early iterations of the Games in ancient Greece. But a bureaucratic rift has left its Olympic ...

The first country to give us this new Olympic sight was, as always, Greece. Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of ...