Inside the Rings

On a crisp London morning 118 years ago, athletes from 22 nations gathered at the newly built White City Stadium. What they didn't know was that they were about to participate in the most transformative Olympics in modern history. The Games That Established Modern Traditions Athletes from 22 nations march during the 1908 London Olympics, participating in traditions that would define the modern Olympic movement for over a century. The 1908 London Olympics, officially known as

"Faster, Higher, Stronger"—three words that once echoed across ancient stadiums and modern arenas now reverberate through a far more...