World Championships celebrate Table Tennis Centenary
Table Tennis is celebrating one hundred years since its first World Championships in London, where the inaugural competition was held in 1926. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was established in […]
1912 – 2024 The first and last riders in Olympic Modern Pentathlon
In 2024 at the Palais de Versailles, the Olympic modern pentathlon competition brought the curtain down on 112 years in which horses have played an integral part. When the sport is next seen on the Olympic stage at Los Angeles […]
Kai Jølver: The First Rider in the Olympic Modern Pentathlon
This informal account draws on newspaper articles, Swedish Olympic archives, and the report of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) to give the reader an impression of what the experience may have been like for competitors at the first Olympic Modern Pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games, […]
Élodie Clouvel, The Olympic Modern Pentathlon Rider
The women’s gold medal in modern pentathlon was decided on the final day of the Paris Olympics. It will forever hold a significant place in the sport as it was the last modern pentathlon to feature riding as the sport will include the discipline of obstacle racing in 2028. […]
Olga’s Gold Medal is Coming Home!
The discus gold medal won by Olga Fikotová-Connolly at the Melbourne Olympics 70 years ago has been brought back to Prague and is set to go on public display at the National Museum. It was brought ‘home’ by her daughters Merja and Nina.This exceptional item has […]
Numbers Notes and Curiosities From Milano Cortina 2026
The dual hosting and widespread geographical nature of the 2026 Games—split between the city of Milan and mountains of Cortina d’Ampezzo and other alpine resorts in Northern Italy—presented a unique set of stories for both the Olympics and […]
Klaebo Winter Champion Supreme
It was appropriate that the last gold medal of Milano Cortina 2026 should be awarded to Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. He led Norway to a clean sweep of medals in the 50 kilometres cross-country mass start which not only confirmed Norway’s status as […]
A golden chain from Albright to Liu
The performance of figure skating gold medallist Alyssa Liu in Milan delighted her legions of fans but few were more pleased than Tenley Albright who won gold when the Winter Olympics were first staged on Italian soil 70 years ago in Cortina d’Ampezzo. […]
Truly magical Games end in Verona
The Olympic Flame was extinguished simultaneously at Milan’s Arco della Pace and the Piazza Angelo Dibona in Cortina D’Ampezzo to bring the Milano Cortina Olympic Games to an end. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty […]
Fair Play Committee Remembers Eugenio Monti
The cauldron has burned in both Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo during these Winter Olympics in what organisers have described as a “powerful symbol of harmony.” The design was inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci and depicts his […]
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