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Olympic tattoo on the neck of gymnast Elisabetta Preziosa, who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Olympic tattoos are a tradition among athletes who compete in the Olympic Games of tattooing the five interlocking "Olympic rings". The practice dates back to at least the 1980s, when swimmer Chris Jacobs received a tattoo of the rings ...
More than 30 years ago, American swimmer and two-time Olympic gold winner Christopher Jacobs originated the now-iconic tattoo trend after competing during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
LeBron James has new ink to commemorate his time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.. The basketball star — who, on Aug. 10, captained Team USA Basketball to its 17th gold win — debuted a tattoo of ...
On her left forearm, the 23-year-old has a meaningful quote from her grandfather, who died in 2023. It reads, "Where you are, I have been. Where I am, you will be."
Tattooing has steadily increased in popularity since the invention of the electric tattoo machine. Evidence indicates that electric tattoo machines were in use by the late 1880s, at least several years prior to the first tattoo machine patent obtained by Samuel F. O'Reilly on 8 December 1891. [144]
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures. One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss.
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Paralympic athletes will no longer have to hide tattoos of the Olympic rings after the International Paralympic Committee dropped a long-standing rule about covering up ...