Back in ancient Greece and the early days of the Olympics, they had a sport called Pankration. The closest equivalent of it, ...

Arrichion was put in a choke hold while defending his Olympic title in the gruesome fighting games known as Pankration. As he was being strangled, he grabbed and dislocated his opponent’s ankle ...

Pankration was a form of single combat that ... The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running and ...

Running was the only event at the first 13 recorded Olympic Games, but further events were added over the years and eventually included jumping, discus, wrestling, boxing, pankration (a primitive ...

The Olympic Games lasted for five days by the fifth century BC and included a range of events such as running, jumping, throwing, boxing, wrestling, pankration (a combination of boxing and ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia, the ...