Olympic Marathon runner

The first modern-day Olympic Marathon winner at the 1896 Summer Olympics Spyros (Spyridon) Louis will be featured on around 750,000 new €2 coins that will be released later this fall issued by Greece. This marks the 75th anniversary of the athlete’s death, who...

A silver cup awarded to the Greek runner who won the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will be sold at a London auction in April. Spyros Louis was presented with the cup, a silver medal, an antique vase, an...