ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) - Greece's Olympics Museum has pledged to ensure a trophy won by Spyros Louis in the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will stay in the country. Louis's grandson, also called ...
The 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece, the start of the modern Olympics. Reintroduced to the world at its place of origin in Athens, Greece, the modern Olympic games began in 1896 with 14 nations in ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The silver cup given to the marathon winner at the first modern Olympic Games staged in Athens in 1896 sold for 541,250 pounds ($860,000) in London on Wednesday, breaking the ...