A modern academic postulated that before modern consciousness occurred, the voices ancient Greeks heard in their heads were ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

Each heat features up to eight riders on the course at one time. All riders start in designated gate positions with their front wheels placed against the gate. Once the starter gives the go-ahead to ...

In all, 32 sports will be part of the program for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each sport has its own international federation, and within a sport, several disciplines can coexist - such as road ...

With seven Olympic gold medals and 21 World Championship titles, Katie Ledecky is one of the swimming's all-time greats. Having sprung to fame by winning 800m freestyle gold at London 2012 as a ...

At the first three editions of the modern Olympic Games, all swimming events took place in a natural body of water prior to the inclusion of pools at the Games in 1908. Marathon swimming reappeared in ...