Athletes who fail a drug test usually get some form of sanction under the sport’s rules, which state athletes are responsible ...
Medals belonging to Walter Gordon Wilson, whose work led to the tracks used on the first tanks, were stolen in 1954. Wilson’s grandson, Brigadier Henry Wilson, has taken possession of them after ...
“An Olympic medal is forever,” the note began. The boxes were supposed to be the perfect spot for the skaters to place the medals they never received. Five-hundred days later, the medals ...
The founder of the modern Games thought they should honor both body and mind. But the tradition died years ago, and the ...
The Hall of Famer said he was "so mad" after only playing the final two minutes of the game at the Atlanta Olympics Anna ... that he believes the medal has never been found.
Legendary athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) is among the 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients honored today at the White House. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s ...
The decision to give track and field gold medalists $50,000 at the Paris Olympics is being criticized by Olympic sports bodies who said the move "undermines the values of Olympism and the ...
Argentina is usurping the name of Falkland Islands born Louis Charles Baillon, as the first “Argentine Malvinas” Islander to win a gold medal in the London 1908 Summer Olympics, 'mistakenly ...
Paris 2024 and Chaumet unveiled the Olympic medals this morning, for the 2024 Games to be held in the city from July 26 to August 11, as well as the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8.
That hasn't stopped individual countries from paying medal winners across all sports for years. For instance, the U.S Olympic and Paralympic Committee runs “Project Gold,” which doles out $ ...
The Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) has found two coaches ... came to prominence in 2018 when she won the Youth Olympic ...