The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

ATHENS (Reuters) - Wrestling's reclamation of a spot in the 2020 Olympic Games represented a victory for Greece, according to the country's federation president Kostas Thanos. Grapplers across the ...

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Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

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