In honor of what would have been Dutch Olympic athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen's 100th birthday, Google featured a logo tribute on its homepage to showcase the (literal) strides she made for women ...

The biggest star of the 1948 Olympics was a 30-year-old mother of two who survived Nazi occupation and was thought to have missed her best chances at gold when two Olympics were canceled. Francina ...

Fanny Blankers-Koen, “an unexpected athlete” who made history in the Olympic games, competing for the Netherlands, is the subject of a Google Doodle honoring her 100th birthday. “On a rainy summer day ...

Google on Thursday honored one of the most decorated women athletes of all time, Fanny Blankers-Koen. Her Google Doodle, which depicts her racing along a track, appeared Thursday on what would have ...

The 1948 Summer Games, the first held after the war, were a celebration of improvisation, renewal and change, embodied in a Dutch track star named Fanny Blankers-Koen. Fanny Blankers-Koen crossing the ...

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So far the amazing 24-year old Dutch track star has won four Olympic medals (1 gold) four gold medals in World Championships and nine gold medals in European Championships. But the greatest female ...

Google paid tribute to Fanny Blankers-Koen on Thursday, commemorating what would have been her 100th birthday. The Dutch Olympic athlete, who died in 2004, was nicknamed “the flying housewife.” ...

The biggest star of the 1948 Olympics was a 30-year-old mother of two who survived Nazi occupation and was thought to have missed her best chances at gold when two Olympics were canceled. Francina ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...