Some Paris Olympic winners say their medals are falling apart — and are asking for replacements
Some athletes who took podium spots at last summer's Paris Games say their medals, designed by an LVMH-owned jewelry brand, ...
The Winter Olympics 1924-2024: Little Norway Ranks At The Top
And in the Beijing Games in 2022 Norway (with 99 athletes) was tops in medals, yet again beating the USA (with 223 athletes) ...
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‘I wanted to win it more than he did’ – Wells’ Olympic kit displayed in Museum of World Athletics
His big breakthrough came just two years later. At the 1978 Gateshead Games, Wells equalled Peter Radford’s 20-year-old ...
Why the French mint is reissuing some Olympic medals
The medals awarded at the Paris Olympics were crafted by Monnaie de Paris, the French mint, and designed by Chaumet, the ...
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...
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Rare 1904 Olympic gold medal up for auction
This marked the first Olympics where gold medals were introduced, with the U.S. dominating by winning 78 of 96 events.
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Can fire-torn L.A. handle the World Cup, Super Bowl and Summer Olympics?
With none of the region’s stadiums or arenas damaged so far, event organizers and government leaders have expressed ...