Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro…
Croquet at the 1900 Olympics - the one and only time
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…
TIL that croquet was an olympic sport in 1900. Only one fan showed up to watch and the sport has had not been part of the olympics since. npr.org/2012/07/27/157493…
TIL After the 1900 Olympics, croquet was discontinued because only 1 spectator watched the event. topendsports.com/events/d…
TIL: France was the only nation to send athletes to compete in Croquet in the the 1900 olympics. All 10 athletes medaled, including 2 unopposed. The only spectator was an elderly englishman who only watch the qualifying round. The sport was deemed too unpopular to include in subsequent olympics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/190…
TIL only one person showed up to the 1900 Olympic croquet event mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-cu…
TIL croquet was once an olympic sport. There was only ever one croquet competition in Olympic Games history, held in 1900 in Paris. France won all events, and three women participated. topendsports.com/events/d…
(x post: todayilearned) After the 1900 Olympics, croquet was discontinued because only 1 spectator watched the event. topendsports.com/events/d…
TIL tug-of-war was present at the summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920. Since a country could enter multiple clubs, the USA won all 3 medals in the sport at the 1904 Olympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug…
The youngest medal winner in Olympic history, from the 1900 Summer Olympics: the unnamed Parisian boy, approximately 7 years old, was selected as coxswain ahead of the final for his light weight, and won the Gold Medal, alongside Dutch rowers François Brandt and Roelof Klein
TIL Tug of War was a Summer Olympics sport from 1900 to 1920. Since multiple teams were allowed from each country, in 1904 the United States won all three medals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug…
(OT) TIL that "Motorsport" was a demonstration event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The race was won by Louis Renault. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…
[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 "Motorsport" was a demonstration event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. It was won by Louis Renault. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…
TIL of Myer Prinstein,who won the silver medal in the long jump event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, despite not showing up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mye…
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…
Women's tennis at the summer Olympic Games (Paris, France - July 1900) [1430x1600]
TIL They had car racing at the 1900 Summer Olympics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot…
This summer when I was at the olympics I saw a man carrying a large pole so I asked: “Oh are you a pole vaulter?”
And he said “no I’m German but how did you know my name was Walter?”
Here are a few of my ancestors at a multi-family get-together. Date of the photo is either summer of 1899 or 1900. At the time of the photo, two of these families were living at this house in KCMO. It was a very close-knit family and they often lived together or in very close proximity.
TIL In the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris, Pigeon Shooting was an event, where actual live pigeons were used. Competitors had to shoot as many birds as possible; after missing two in a row, the shooter was eliminated. Nearly 300 birds were ultimately killed. britannica.com/list/5-unu…
A Kansas City family get-together, summer 1899 or 1900. The house, no longer standing, was at 624 Tracy Avenue.
TIL that the French financier, Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, was also part of a polo team that won a bronze medal at the 1900 Olympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3…
TIL that the Summer Olympics had tug of war as an event from 1900 to 1920. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug…
1900 Summer Olympics Medal (Games of the II Olympiad) France has won the competition for the first time in history youtu.be/T2T1WME_42g
[Wes Crosby] Sidney Crosby said he was originally injured by Ryan Reaves shortly after the Olympics seven years ago. Had been dealing with it since then. Would rest in the summer. It would come back at some point in the season, and he'd deal with it. Wasn't an option this time. twitter.com/OtherNHLCrosb…
Spyridon Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was an Arvanite water carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Timekeepers at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the first Olympics with partially automatic timekeeping and finish line photos. More info in comments. [3543x5221]
Indianola park. Corner of N. 4th and E. 19th. 1908. There were picnic lawns, croquet and tennis courts, a ballpark, a roller coaster, a carousel, a shooting range, a playhouse and summer theater. The swimming pool at one time was the largest in the world at 250 feet long and 150 feet wide.
British Cyclist at The 1908 Summer Olympics in London. 600x825
Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
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Hot air balloon racing at the Paris Olympics (1900)
[Winter] Damian Lillard says he "irritated" a longtime core injury in the second quarter against Cleveland. He's been dealing with it for years, including a flare-up at the Olympics this summer.
> Damian Lillard says he "irritated" a longtime core injury in the second quarter against Cleveland. He's been dealing with it for years, including a flare-up at the Olympics this summer.
It has been heavily speculated that Dame has been struggling with his core issues over the past few weeks, but this is the first time that he's admitted to it bothering him after a game. There's no way to know if the abdominal pain is responsible for his struggles, but it would not be the first time that his performance has tanked due to the injury.
[Reynolds] Among those who advised Kanye on what they liked and didn't like about Donda when it was being put together: Kevin Durant. "He's a master at his craft," KD said during the Olympics, talking about his experience listening to the then-still-in-progress album earlier this summer.
>Among those who advised Kanye on what they liked and didn't like about Donda when it was being put together: Kevin Durant.
>"He's a master at his craft," KD said during the Olympics, talking about his experience listening to the then-still-in-progress album earlier this summer.
[OC] Gold medal-winning times in the Men's 100m Sprint at the Summer Olympics
TIL that South Korea once experimented with Daylight Saving Time when they hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics, mainly to draw more American viewers' attention at their prime time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim…
Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) buys himself a new pair of shoes at a shop in Rome, wearing the gold medal he won by defeating Poland's Ziggy Pietrzykowski in the light heavyweight final bout at the Summer Olympics the day before, September 6th, 1960. [2302 x 3072]
Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) buys himself a new pair of shoes at a shop in Rome, wearing the gold medal he won by defeating Poland's Ziggy Pietrzykowski in the light heavyweight final bout at the Summer Olympics the day before, September 6th, 1960.
[947 x 610]USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) underway with the crew spelling a greeting for the 1964 Summer Olympics, which were held at Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964. Photo from Oct, 1964
Damian Lillard says he “irritated” a longtime core injury in the second quarter against Cleveland. He’s been dealing with it for years, including a flare-up at the Olympics this summer. twitter.com/armstrongwint…
A protester at the Moscow summer Olympics boycott during the Opening Ceremony for the XIII Olympic Winter Games on 14 February 1980 at the Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium, United States
The stories of the first women to win gold at the Olympic games in Paris 1900 stylist.co.uk/fitness-hea…
The only summer Olympics to not be on a leap year was the 1900 games in Paris
