Only nine athletes have ever received a super-rare Olympic medal which cannot be won at the Games themselves. A total of ...

When a group of Soviet athletes arrived in Lawrence 20 years ago today — during the height of the Cold War — even then-Mayor David Longhurst was a bit apprehensive. During a reception for the ...

Since the Atlanta 1996 Games when former Soviet countries began competing as individual nations, athletes from Russia and Belarus have twirled, pirouetted and tumbled their way to Olympic dominance in ...

TASS recalls the unique ascent of athletes from the USSR to the highest peak of the planet, Mount Everest. On May 4, 1982 the first acknowledged Soviet expedition climbed a new route on Mount Everest.