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This British cyclist was the great winner of the 1908 games in London. He won the 5000 m indoor sprint and the team pursuit. He completed his winnings with a silver medal in the 20 km event. ...

On the eve of the Sydney Games Marion Jones announced she would be attempting to win five gold medals and thus become the greatest athlete of all times. Having become the world champion in the 100, 20...

This Catalan rider is still the greatest French equestrian to date. He won two medals in Helsinki in 1952 and Tokyo in 1964. To this should be added a World title won in 1966. Pierre Jonquères d'Ori...

Before becoming the most famous basket ball player in the world, and the highest paid sportsman for a time, Michael Jordan headed the American team which won the Olympic title at the 1984 Los Angeles ...

Beaten by a few hundredths of a point at the 1988 Seoul games, the two American twins ended up winning at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 in the duet synchronized swimming event. They won over the Can...

It was the exemplary conduct of André Jousseaume at Verdun in 1916 that enabled him to attend the Saumur riding academy after the war and become a brilliant dressage rider. Olympic team champion in 1...

The only athlete to win more than 7000 points at the Seoul games in 1988, this American heptathlon athlete is no doubt the best of her generation. She also won a second gold medal. She was again in ...

This Cuban athlete carried out an exploit at the Montreal games in 1976 when he won the 800 m middle distance and 400 m sprint, breaking the World record. What's more, he ran the 800 metres like the ...

All sports have very precise rules. The job of the referees and judges is to see that they are applied. However, some decisions can be open to dispute. This was the case at the Los Angeles games i...

Judo means 'gentle way' in Japanese, and was developed by Kano Jigoro at the end of the 19th century, who adapted it from the martial arts form of jujitsu, an ancient technique. It became part of th...

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