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olympics history
i have to do a presentation for school, i don’t want it to be the general, olympics hisorty, the symbols and the meaning of cerimony. What something that went down in histroy that was at the olympics?
The very first Olympics was won by a dude named Coroibos. At that time the Olympics were only one event. The race. It was a sprint of about 140 meters. So the 100 and the 200 are the most important events in the Olympics. That makes Usain Bolt the Olympic champion, overall, since he won both.
Here is some other Olympics trivia that I know:
Nero made violin-playing into an Olympic event, so he could compete and, of course, be declared winner by judges who didn’t wanna be thrown to the lions.
Mary Lou Retton is short even for a gymnast, 4’11" in 1984.
John Ngugi in Seoul in 1988 was one of the only men ever to win the 5000 with a surge tactic. With the pace slow, he decided to make a huge surge and opened up a 50 meter lead with still 3000 m left. A very risky tactic, it paid off because there was still nobody in the pack willing to take the pace. Eventually one dude tried to catch him and got to within 30 meters, but then he was outkicked for his efforts.
In Atlanta in 1996, the identity of the torch-lighter was kept secret until he stepped out to light the torch. They would only reveal that it was a former US olympian. Nobody could guess who. Then out walks Muhammad Ali, who was still able to light the torch despite the effects of Parkinson’s.
In Rome, or was it Mexico City, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon without any shoes on. Later he said he had shoes, but he couldn’t find them, and had to run barefoot instead.