Maybe it’s time to bring them back! Equestrian events are among some of the most interesting and fun to watch at the Olympic Games. Human high jump and long jump are still events today.

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... And javelin: athletes hurl a wooden spear as far as they can. Fun if you like that kind of thing.

A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent some of humanity’s most dearly held ideals: meritocracy ...