the first olympic games

MSN: 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 ... 19 athletes in their first Olympic Games, last Olympic Games, and now On , the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium. MILAN -- The first female president in the International Olympic Committee's 132 years got a proper stress test in the first games of her history-making leadership.

Understanding the Context

Kirsty Coventry was widely seen as ... Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: First Olympics a stress test for IOC head 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 ...