NPR

Where the word 'Olympics' comes from and what it means to someone who competed there

Nearly 3,000 athletes have faced the icy rinks and snowy ramps in Italy for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The Olympic Games are host to rare athleticism and national pride. So before we bid the ...
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19 athletes in their first Olympic Games, last Olympic Games, and now

3.Shaun White made his first Olympic appearance at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy: Related: 14 Winter Olympics Moments That Went From Celebratory To Uncomfortable In Just Seconds Related: I Was ...
The New York Times

Tales of Matthew and Brady Tkachuk’s adventures at the 2006 Olympics: ‘It was a blast’

The Tkachuk brothers are playing in their first Olympics. But 20 years ago, they were in Italy to watch their father compete for Team USA. Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Courtesy of the Tkachuk ...
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Medal From First Modern Olympics Fetches $178,510 At Auction

A first-place Olympic medal from the first modern Olympics was sold at auction for DKK 1,152,000 ($178,510), three times its high estimate, by the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers ...