and his achievement as a qualifier in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games. The Dougherty County School System presented Floyd with a plaque and challenge coin, naming him a distinguished Dougherty ...

On Monday, a ceremony held at the Dougherty County High School, honored his service as a coach, his spirit as an accomplished athlete, and his achievement as a qualifier in the 1980 Summer Olympic ...

She also serves as an NBA analyst and commentator. Nadia Comaneci competed during the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in gymnastics and is credited with bringing attention to the sport worldwide.

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year ...

An in tray of Olympic challenges spanning political, social, sporting and operational issues awaits the next International ...

David Burghley ran at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie of the games, Chariots of Fire, ...

Lord Coe was beaten to the presidency by Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry in a battle for the most powerful post in ...

On this day, the United States announced its boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This decision was emblematic of the heightened tensions ...

The nation was focused on President Carter’s bailout of Chrysler in January of 1980, but Aspen had more pressing and ...

Burghley also presented a gold medal to Coe at the 1980 Moscow Olympics when ... organizing the first post-World War II Olympics in London. When the Summer Games returned to London 66 years ...