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From Golden Girl to Global Leader . . . Olympic Circle Complete
In ancient Olympia, where the Olympic flame first flickered to life, a Zimbabwean star once again burned brightly - only this time, not in the pool but on the world stage of leadership.Kirsty Coventry ...
Rain Falls on Ancient Olympia: A Journey Through Time and History
As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, and crumbling walls, as if ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN4d
Ancient Bronze Griffin Head Is Returned to Greece from New York in Major Repatriation Move
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...
Greek Reporter4d
Ancient Athens Celebrated the Spring Equinox With a Feast of Resurrection After Death
Ancient Athens celebrated the Spring Equinox as one of the most important feasts, a celebration of resurrection following ...
Greek Reporter4d
IOC Elects Kirsty Coventry as First-Ever Female President
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected on Thursday as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee. Here’s what she says about Trump
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the ...
Canadian Running Magazine5d
International Olympic Committee elects first female president
A decorated athlete, Coventry competed in five Olympic Games (2000–2016), earning seven medals: two gold, four silver, and one bronze. Following her swimming career, she has served as Zimbabwe’s ...
The Olympics' own Conclave begins - as hotly contested race for IOC president reaches climax
Down the Ionian coast is the International Olympic Committee's own Conclave today - and its most contested presidential ...
BusinessMirror6d
Let the elections begin!
Seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at Ancient ...