With the 2012 Summer Games going on in full force, we were curious about the history between the classic olive branch wreaths and Olympic athletes. With the 2012 Summer Games ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Preparations for the 119th Boston Marathon are in full swing, with just a few weeks left until race day. On Wednesday, a big part of the prize arrived in Boston. The Champions ...

Winners of Monday's Boston Marathon will receive a $150,000 prize. But that's not all. Per tradition, the winners will also be outfitted with wreaths of olive branches imported from Greece. Bill ...

BOSTON (CBS) – WBZ-TV got an exclusive first look at the new olive wreaths which will be presented to the winners of the Boston Marathon. They are made from actual olive leaves in Greece, the ...

BOSTON, Oct. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Consul General of Greece, Stratos Efthymiou, presented four golden olive branch wreaths tonight to the Boston Athletic Association during the Boston ...

Olive wreaths were used as awards in Greece’s early Olympic Games. The idea for laurel wreaths at the New York City Marathon came about during a walk along Huntington Bay.

ATHENS, Greece -- It has gone on their heads, over their hearts and, in one endearing moment, around the neck of a pint-size Romanian gymnast. The olive wreath, resting lightly as a halo on the ...

Organizers held a ceremony, presenting four olive branch wreaths, which were hand picked in the fields of Marathon, Greece, and painted gold. Skip to content NOWCAST News 9 at 7:30 ...