Many Olympic venues are left to decay after the events are over. See what these cities have done with the facilities after their games ended.

FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Panathenian stadium in Athens on Dec. 3, 2001. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file) LAUSANNE ...

If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall silent in the Olympic tradition.

(AP) Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 ...

ATHENS, Greece — Police briefly scuffled with a small group of demonstrators when the Beijing Olympics torch relay reached Athens on Saturday. A group of anti-globalization protesters, chanting, "the Olympics means construction and steroids," challenged ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In an obscure corner of a park sits a forlorn reminder that, 10 years ago, Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. The crumbling miniature theater is inscribed with the words "glory, wealth, wisdom, victory, triumph, hero, labor" — and it is where visiting Olympic officials planted an olive sapling that would bear their names for posterity.

#olympics #gold #carlypatterson #usa #athens #gymnastics #beam Carly Patterson's journey to Olympic gold at the 2004 Athens Games was one of resilience through adversity. Gymnastics, D-Score, Fails, Falls,