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Há 1 dia · Published by Assouline, The Last Heroes – 100 Moments of Olympics Legend pays homage to history's most extraordinary Olympians, and chronicles each Olympiad's most unforgettable moments.
Há 5 dias · Primeiro e único representante do atletismo nesta lista, o finlandês Nurmi (apelidado de "Flying Finn", ou "Finlandês Voador") é considerado por muitos o maior e mais completo fundista da história (competiu nas provas de Cross country individual, cross country por equipes, 1500m rasos, 5000m rasos, 10000m rasos, 3000m rasos por equipes e 3000m com obstáculos).
Há 2 dias · Midfielder was Canada's penalty shootout hero at Tokyo 2020. She speaks exclusively to FIFA about that life-changing experience and her Paris 2024 ambitions.
Há 1 dia · The Olympic Games, like almost all Greek games, were an intrinsic part of a religious festival. They were held in honour of Zeus at Olympia by the city-state of Elis in the northwestern Peloponnese. The first Olympic champion listed in the records was Coroebus of Elis, a cook, who won the sprint race in 776 bce.
- The Olympic Games are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world’s foremo...
- The first Olympic Games had achieved major importance in Greece by the end of the 6th century BCE. They began to lose popularity when Greece was co...
- The Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are each held every four years. After 1992, when both a Summer and Winter Games were held, they h...
- The International Olympic Committee chooses the location of each Olympic Games. The choice is based on applications made by the chief authority of...
- In individual Olympic events the award for first place is a gold medal, for second place a silver medal, and for third place a bronze medal. Diplom...
- Winning a bid to host the Olympic Games has been considered a major boon for any city, but not all agree. Proponents believe that hosting the Olymp...
Há 3 dias · Jesse Owens was an American track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His Olympic victories were a blow to Adolf Hitler’s intention to use the Games to demonstrate Aryan superiority. Learn more about Owens’s life and accomplishments in this article.
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- Jesse Owens was an American athlete. He is best remembered for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won gold medals in the long ju...
- Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. He was the 10th and final child of two sharecroppers; his grandparents had been s...
- After the Olympics ended, stories claiming that Jesse Owens had been snubbed by Adolf Hitler circulated widely. While it is true that Hitler did no...
- Jesse Owens struggled to find work after the Olympics. He raced against horses for money and worked as a gas station attendant and a playground jan...
- A heavy smoker, Jesse Owens died of lung cancer on March 31, 1980, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 66. Four years after his death, a street in Berlin wa...
Há 1 dia · Professor Grant JarvieChair of Sport, University of Edinburgh. Mr Liddell, dubbed the ‘Flying Scotsman’, won the 400 metres at the 1924 summer games in a world record time of 47.6 seconds, and a bronze medal in the 200 metres. He refused to take part in the 100-metre heats, which were held on a Sunday, in line with his Christian beliefs.
Há 2 dias · The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
