TIL in the 1900 Summer Olympics, there was a Men's 200 metre obstacle event that involved climbing over a pole, climbing over a row of boats, and swimming under a row of boats. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi…
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A…
1968 summer olympics in mexico city-state winner of the 2 hundred metre race. Gold medal winner=tommie smith (black american who broke word record). White australian took silver. Another black american took bronze
[NP]TIL Cricket was last played at the 1900 Summer Olympics & France Cricket Team had won silver medal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri…
TIL that Denmark and Sweden competed as a mixed team during the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics. When one of their pullers was taken ill and could no longer compete, a newspaper journalist was asked to take his place instead. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug…
[Madani] Rowan Barrett, the GM of Canada's national men's basketball team, tells me Andrew Wiggins has committed to play for Team Canada this summer at the World Cup in China. Huge boost to help the chances at qualifying for next summer's Tokyo Olympics. twitter.com/ArashMadani/s…
TIL that, at the age of 100, Fauja Singh broke 8 world records for centenarians in athletics in one day. Singh broke the records for the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 metres and the mile even though he did not develop the ability to walk until he was five years old. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fau…
[Madani] Rowan Barrett, the GM of Canada's national men's basketball team, tells me Andrew Wiggins has committed to play for Team Canada this summer at the World Cup in China. Huge boost to help the chances at qualifying for next summer's Tokyo Olympics. twitter.com/ArashMadani/s…
TIL during the 1900 Olympics, the Dutch Mens Double Rowing team felt their cox was too heavy. For the finals, they decided to use a boy from the Parisian crowd. Besides a quick photo, there's no record of the boy and to this day he remains the only Anonymous Olympic Gold Medal Winner. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row…
ESPN 30 for 30 9.79* by Daniel Gordon (2012). The story of the dirtiest race in history, the men's 100 meter finals at the 1988 summer Olympic Games in Seoul. vimeo.com/53913923
TIL that only five (5) athletes--three women and two men--have ever won a medal at both the Winter AND Summer Olympic Games. Eddie Eagan, the first to do it, is still the only athlete to win gold in both. time.com/5140565/athletes…
TIL the men's marathon at the 1904 Olympics was so poorly organized that only 14 out of 32 athletes finished the race, which was ran on dusty country roads in 90-degree weather en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ath…
In 2021, a week before her qualifying race for the 2021 Summer Olympics, Richardson's biological mother died. Richardson is noted for her long nails and her colorful hair on the field, and has stated that her style is inspired by that of American track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner. youtu.be/lZwE1uM9xpM
TIL that in the 1900 Summer Olympics only one team entered the doubles croquet competition - and were awarded the gold en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro…
Aug 3, 1936 – Black American athlete Jesse Owens wins 100m gold medal at the Nazi Berlin Olympics. "The lessons of his ENTIRE life are just as important to learn as any jump he ever made or any race he ever won." elevenwarriors.com/ohio-s…
The Olympic Channel covers the Argentina men's national team's path to gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens youtube.com/watch?v=kzfzf…
Lanni Marchant became the first Canadian to attempt and complete a 10,000-metre race AND a marathon at the Olympics! Go Lanni!! <3 <3 :D olympics.cbc.ca/news/arti…
TIL Britain did not send a Men's Field Hockey team to the summer olympics between 1928 & 1947, fearing embarrassment as their (former) colony was considered the better team. When they first met in 1948, post Indian Independence, Britain lost the Finals to India 4- 0. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fie…
The Olympic Channel follows Nigeria's men's soccer team's incredible journey to a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta youtube.com/watch?v=UtZl_…
Reddit! Meet Amanda Childester(catcher), Haylie McCleney (outfield) and Cat Osterman (pitcher), hopefuls for the Olympic Softball Team this summer in Tokyo! These talented women athletes are here to answer questions about themselves, the game and life! So Reddit - Ask Them Anything!
Reddit! Meet Amanda Childester(catcher), Haylie McCleney (outfield) and Cat Osterman (pitcher), hopefuls for the Olympic Softball Team this summer in Tokyo! They’ve each won a variety of gold medals, and together have collectively been playing and winning gold medals for more than 30 years. These three amazingly talented women athletes are here to answer questions about themselves, softball, how they train, their hopes for this summer and so much more! So Reddit - Ask Them Anything!
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At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janiero, 10 refugee athletes from four countries will compete together as the Refugee Olympic Team. Among them are two swimmers, two judokas, a marathoner and five medium-distance runners. unhcr.org/rio-2016-refuge…
TIL that Standard Athletic Club won the first French football championship (and 4 more in the next 6 seasons), and then went on to win the silver medal in cricket at the 1900 Olympics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta…
Summer Olympics Men's marathon 10 kilometre - 2008 and 2016 - Video of the entire race /r/OpenWaterSwimming/comm…
TIL that only five (5) athletes--three women and two men--have ever won a medal at both the Winter AND Summer Olympic Games. Eddie Eagan, the first to do it, is still the only athlete to win gold in both. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
Govindan Lakshmanan wins 5000-metre gold at Athletics Nationals thefield.scroll.in/851899…
Born today : May 30th - Wyndham Halswelle, Army Officer, Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, "won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyn…
Born today : May 30th - Wyndham Halswelle, Army Officer, Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, "won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyn…
Aug 3, 1936 – Black American athlete Jesse Owens wins 100m gold medal at the Nazi Berlin Olympics. "The lessons of his ENTIRE life are just as important to learn as any jump he ever made or any race he ever won." elevenwarriors.com/ohio-s…
Londoner Lanni Marchant became the first Canadian to attempt and complete a 10,000-metre race and a marathon at the Olympics olympics.cbc.ca/news/arti…
Born today : May 30th - Wyndham Halswelle, Army Officer, Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, "won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyn…
Born today : May 30th - Wyndham Halswelle, Army Officer, Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist, "won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyn…
2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 5000 metres - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201…
Throwback Thursday: Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey Wins Gold and breaks a world record in Men's 100 Metres at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics youtube.com/watch?v=Y2p2y…
TIL that South African swimmer Douglas Erasmus met the qualification standard for the 50 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics by 1/100th of a second en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dou…
TIL Tug of War was contested as a team event in every Summer Olympics from 1900-1920 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T…
