the Games. The first official modern Olympic Games dates back to 1870, but it was another 30 years before the first woman would compete in the 1900 Games in Paris. Yet only 22 female competitors ...

Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist from Zimbabwe, is the only female candidate. The candidates are required to submit their proposals and present them to the full IOC ...

Two iconic female athletes—Ibtihaj ... Muhammad is an Olympic medalist in fencing, activist and author and Wilson is an Olympic gold medalist in basketball and WNBA Champion.

"It is a signal that we are truly global," Coventry said of her election. Coventry, a two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist, won in the first round of voting among seven candidates voted on by ...

The Olympic Village is off-limits to basically ... PEOPLE spoke with some gold medalists to find out. Their comments, together with those of others Olympians in previous interviews, provide ...

The important conversation between the women's sports stars highlighted what it means to not just be a female athlete in this ... a three-time gold medalist, said. "You go abroad to compete ...

Coe’s World Athletics broke an Olympic taboo by paying $50,000 to track and field gold medalists in Paris last ... and giving a better balance of female members of the IOC and the executive ...

The move is essential to protect female sports, said Sebastian Coe of Britain, the head of track’s governing body, World Athletics, and a former double Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 meters.

Coventry, who had the Olympic rings tattooed on a leg after her first Games in 2000, is, like one of her rivals Sebastian Coe, a two-time Olympic gold medallist. She contributed seven of Zimbabwe ...

“The introduction of prize money for Olympic gold medalists is a pivotal moment for World Athletics and the sport of athletics as a whole, underscoring our commitment to empowering the athletes,” ...

In this episode of Changemakers of Uzbekistan, we meet Diyora Keldiyorova, the Olympic judo champion whose historic gold medal win is transforming the perception of women in sports. Diyora ...