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Allan Wells ended Britain's 56-year wait for an Olympic 100m title in Moscow, but Linford Christie's positive drugs test ...

The 1981 movie Chariots of Fire immortalised the achievements of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams at the 1924 Olympics in ...

Triathlon, the ultimate endurance test, was invented in the 1970s, but modern pentathlon was the brainchild of Baron ...

The Olympic flame - part of the ancient Games - was not introduced to the modern Games until 1928, with the first torch ...

The opening ceremony must include certain elements of Olympic protocol, but organisers strive to find creative and ...

The wreaths of the ancient Games have been replaced by medals at the modern Olympics, but presentation ceremonies do not ...

The 1972 Games in Munich became synonymous with terror after Palestinian gunmen raided the Olympic Village and murdered ...

Since Adolf Hitler hijacked the Berlin Games to showcase Nazi propaganda, the Olympics have been used to make political ...

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is the most notorious drug cheat in Olympic history, but others continue to break the rules ...

South African Zola Budd was controversially granted UK citizenship in time to compete for Britain at the 1984 Games, and ...
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