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Nordic Combined, Popular Event at Olympic Winter Games: History and Interesting Facts
With the 22nd Olympic Winter Games underway at Sochi, Russia, this article takes a look at the popular Nordic Combined sport, including history, interesting facts, winningest athletes and countries.
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The Historic 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics: USA Track and Field Hall of Famer Lee Evans
Advocate for African Sports and South Alabama head cross country/track and field coach, Lee Evans, joined biographer Frank Murphy to tell the story of Evans's 400-meter record and his journey to become a champion at the 1968 Olympic Games.
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The Naked Olympics - A Fun Look At How Our Athletes Would Cope Today!
The Naked Olympics were first started by the Greeks thousands of years ago, but how would our sports stars cope today? A fun look at Cycling, Pole Vault, Tennis, volleyball and rugby, au naturel!
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The 2012 US Olympic Team Strikes Gold in London
There were many outstanding athletic performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Too many to select just one. Our August, 2012, athlete of the month goes to the entire US Olympic team.
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Olympic Pin Trading at Rio! 20 Years of Memories of 1996 Atlanta Olympics Pin Trading Gives Way to Rio
Atlanta Olympics 20th Anniversary and memories of pin trading are revived with each Olympic Game. The Rio Olympic Games will be no different. Pin traders start preparing for pin trading early.
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USA Taekwondo 2000 - 2016: Summer Olympics Champions from Dana Hee to Diana Lopez
The famous Lopez family that sent 3 members to the 2012 Summer Games to compete in Taekwondo includes 4 black belts that all teach in the family operated martial arts school in Sugarland, Texas.
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The Winter Olympics- Youngest Gold Medalists and Competitors
A look at some of the youngest competitors to win gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games. It is a co-incidence that all these athletes competed in figure skating.
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Let's Head to the Pool: Rio Olympic Games 2016
Australia has a proud history of competing in the Summer Olympic Games. Although we are very competitive in most sports we compete in, the majority of our medals invariably come in the swimming pool.
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Evgeni Plushenko, Russian Figure Skater
Evgeni Plushenko is a Russian sportsman and figure skater, sex symbol and world champion. During his career in sports he got lots of medals and prizes, a bunch of traumas and plenty of admirers.
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Why Don't We Have Inline Skating In The US Olympic Games? (Updated)
Why is inline speed skating, considered less of a sport than speed skating on ice? Are the inline speed skaters considered less of an athlete?