Drawing inspiration from the ancient Olympic Games, he decided to create the modern Olympic Games. With this purpose, he founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894 in Paris. The new committee set itself the objective of organising the …

The world's top Modern Pentathlon athletes will gather at the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jul 26-Aug 11, 2024). Get the latest Olympic Modern Pentathlon updates here.

Having originally been held over five days, with one event per day, the Olympic modern pentathlon now takes just two with the first day comprising the ranking round of fencing where each competitor faces another in round-robin once.

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The Collection is emblazoned with inspirational quotes and designs of the founder of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin.

The excerpt is from "Sea-borne: thirty years avoyaging" (Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1944) by James B. Connolly, the first Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games. In this autobiography Connolly recounts his experiences in …

Watch the Modern Pentathlon Olympic Qualifier and follow the women's final of the 2024 World Cup Final in Ankara, Türkiye.

The Olympic Games as we know them today [see “The Modern Olympic Games” sheet] have a long history which goes back to ancient times. Although some elements of these Games were revived “as they were” when the modern Olympic Games …

It was against this backdrop that the modern Olympic Games established themselves as part of the new landscape, and the 1900 Games played no small part in helping to write a glorious page in the annals of Olympic and world history.