Officially, the only prize awarded to champions in the ancient Greek Olympics was an olive-branch crown. But victorious athletes from that first Olympic era—776 B.C. to A.D. 400—were well ...

the ancient Greeks did not even have a word for amateur; the closest was idiotes, meaning an unskilled person, as well as an ignoramus.) If an olive wreath was the official Olympic prize ...

Power, Politics, and the Olympic Prize: IOC Race Heats up on Greece's Sunlit Shores By Ossian Shine PYLOS, Greece - The slow-burn race for the most powerful job in world sport roared into life on ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ...

PYLOS, Greece - The slow-burn race for the most powerful ... where the seven contenders for the International Olympic Committee presidency made their final moves ahead of a vote that will shape ...