The platform used by men and women at the Olympics is a flat, rigid, non-slip surface elevated 10 meters (roughly 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches) above the water. The height is comparable to that of a ...

At the Olympic Summit held in October 2015, the IOC proposed an anti-doping testing and sanctioning system independent from sports organisations. Since March 2016, it has delegated the decisions on ...

Legend has it that rugby union was invented during a football match in 1823 when a student at Rugby School in Great Britain called William Webb Elis picked up the ball in his hands and ran over the ...

Observations were drawn from Melbourne (Olympic Park) {station 086338}.