An underdog describes someone who is not expected to win. People all have their favorite athletes competing in the Olympics, but sometimes you just ca
For the Olympics, you have to be at least 14 years old to compete in diving, 15 to compete in Judo, and 16 to compete in gymnastics and equestrian, bu
Most heroic stories begin with one person and a dream for making something better. In this case, it was Sebastião Dias de Oliveira’s dream of buil
After three failed attempts at bidding for the Olympics, Brazil finally got the answer that they wanted in 2009. The International Olympic Committee a
It takes a lot to host the Olympics, but first let’s take a look at how a city is chosen to be an Olympic host city in the first place. Well, the en
It’s been approximately 2,700 years since the ancient Olympics started in Olympia, Greece and 120 years since the start of the modern Olympics, but
