Freedom of Olympia Awards
Ancient Olympia has conferred its greatest award on two legendary Olympic Champions to mark the 2800th anniversary of the first recorded Olympic Games of ancient times. Ioannis Melissanidis won gold in the men’s floor exercise at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. “It is an extra honour […]
IOA Students Join Torch Relay
Students from the International Olympic Academy (IOA) Masters in Olympic Studies programme have taken the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay. They were visibly moved as they joined IOA Dean and ISOH Committee member Kostas Georgiadis for a leg of the Relay in the town of Zacharo […]
The Olympic Flame begins its journey to Paris
Greek rowing gold medallist Stefanos Ntouskos began the Torch Relay for Paris 2024 at the historic stadium here in Ancient Olympia, but the Flame he carried was one lit in the rehearsal. On the day, grey skies had made it impossible to kindle from the rays of the sun […]
Lighting Ceremony Preparations
2004 Olympic swimming gold medallist Laure Manaudou has been confirmed as the first French Torchbearer in the Paris 2024 Relay tomorrow. Manaudou who has already been named as a “Captain” of the Relay, is set to receive it from Tokyo single sculls champion Stefanos Ntouskos. […]
Ancient Olympia Exhibition Recalls History of Olympic Torch
The town of Ancient Olympia is festooned with the flags of Olympic nations and the French tricolor today flies alongside Greek flags on the roadway leading towards the Ancient site where the Paris Olympic Flame is to be lit by the rays of the sun on […]
Perec to Join Paris 2024 Oceans Relay
Triple Olympic gold medallist Marie Jose Perec is to join the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay as part of the “Ocean’s Relay” which takes the Flame to the Caribbean and other French overseas territories. The Torch is to be carried aboard the Maxi Banque Populaire XI an Ultim […]
Proposal for IOC Presidential Elections to be held in Olympia
With little more than a week and a half until the Paris 2024 Flame is lit in Ancient Olympia, Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos has called for future International Olympic Committee Presidential elections to also be […]
Bend, Don’t Break by Frank O’Mara
When most of us reflect on the impact of sport on people’s lives, we probably gravitate towards the benefits of physical fitness, the camaraderie to be developed with teammates and, hopefully, opponents and the way sport teaches the rewards of dedication and determination. […]
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