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This American swimmer was the only woman to win two Olympic titles at the 1948 London games. She won the 400 m free-style and the relay. She almost added a third trophy to her collection, but had to a...

In the middle of the 19th century, this German archaeologist was one of the first to travel to the site of Olympia to carry out exploratory excavations. His research led him to hope for the restoratio...

Following American athlete Bobby Morrow's example, the Australian Betty Cuthbert scored a hat trick in the women's sprinting events at the 1956 Melbourne games. She won the 100 m, 200 m, and led Austr...

This sport, one of the oldest in the Olympics, is represented by two different disciplines: the road and the track events.In the road event, it is rare for the competition to reveal cyclists who becom...

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