For the racing component, athletes will ride an unfamiliar horse they were given to through a random draw 20 minutes before and will have to complete a show jump course. The swimming competition is a ...

(CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Summer Olympics, which are typically held every four years. The 2024 Olympic Games were held July 26-August 11 in Paris. The 2028 Olympic Games ...

Athens: The site of the first modern Olympics in 1896. Curling: A competition typically held during the Winter Olympics where contestants launch a 40-plus-pound granite stone down a sheet of ice at a ...

With more than 10,500 athletes representing 201 nations present, the 2004 Olympic Games commenced in Athens with its Opening Ceremonies, marking a return to the site of the first modern Olympic Games ...

Tokyo is the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said. At the first modern Olympic Games, held in 1896 in Athens, there wasn't a single female competitor. When the 2020 Games ...