According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC. While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia, an ...

After he was the first of the two to set a new Olympic record in the competition with a godlike snatch of 195 kg, Armenian “Hercules” Simon Martirosyan, 24, had two attempts left in the clean and jerk ...

Etobicoke Olympium, which opened in 1975 ahead of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, will close for renovations July 1 and reopen next year. "Female Hercules" Targets IOC Mi Ran Jang says she wants to ...