The 1932 Olympics was held during the Great Depression. Participation in the games was at its lowest since the 1904 Olympics since several countries were struggling with funding their athletes. But did you know that the Brazilian team got creative and found a way to get to the Olympics? Brazil didn’t have the funds to […]
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The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics was held in Russia. Several Russians won medals during this event, but most were stripped of them because they were caught using illegal performance-enhancing drugs. But did you know how they were able to go undetected until the last minute? In the Sochi Olympics, Russians covertly swapped their athletes’ urine
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Rebecca Twigg is a former Olympian for the United States. She won several awards, including two Olympic medals. Needless to say, at the peak of her career with several product endorsements and magazine covers. But where is this wonder woman today? After winning two Olympic medals in cycling, six world championships, appearing on the cover
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Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win gold medals for the US in the Olympics. He was even voted as The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century. Many loved and idolized him. In fact, two towns in Pennsylvania named themselves after him. But did you know where he was buried?
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The role of an individual in a country’s Olympic Committee is to provide support, supervise, monitor the development, and promote the Olympic Movement in their respective countries. But did you know about the horrific management of the Iraqi Olympic Committee back in 1984? Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday Hussein, was appointed chairman of the Iraqi Olympic
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Getting to represent your country in a global sporting event is already an achievement in itself. Winning in the sport you are part of will earn a place in history for your country. But what if you didn’t bring a flag to celebrate your victory? Ivory Coast sprinter Murielle Ahore won the 2018 World Indoor
Lacrosse is a team sport considered the oldest organized game in North America. It traced its origins to Native Indians and was first played in the St. Lawrence Valley. Ironically, despite it originating from Native American culture, why are they excluded from playing in the 2022 World Games? Organizers of the 2022 World Games excluded
Due to insufficient research on dangerous substances in the past, many believed that cocaine, heroin, rat poison, and alcohol are beneficial for an individual’s physical performance. Even until the 1980s, many athletes continued imbibing alcohol and rat poison to quench their thirst and improve endurance. Generally believed to be a performance enhancer, Olympian runners downed
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The Big Fundamental, Timothy Duncan, retired as the only player in the basketball world to ever win 1,000 games with one franchise. In his career, he scored 26,496 points and played for 47,638 minutes. But did you know he didn’t start off with basketball in the first place? Timothy Duncan trained to be an Olympic
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Venus and Serena Williams are pretty popular in the world of tennis. Venus Williams is a seven-time Grand Slam title winner, while Serena was a twenty-three-time Grand Slam title winner. But did you know the controversy behind the matches they played against each other? Richard Williams, the father of the two tennis superstars, was accused
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