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Megan Clement
MegClement
The French Olympic logo tumbles out of bed on a Parisian morning. She tousles her messy bob, dons breton stripes and ballet flats and whisks down the stairs from her
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Elisa
lunnarias
So today I learnt that the only Olympic Games that failed to carry the olympic flame were Sochi 2014, and I think only because of that Russia should had been
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Jen McIntosh OLY
jenmcintosh_
I have very mixed feelings about this thread. I’m sure it varies across different sports but to be quite honest, by the time I retired I was pretty sceptical about
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Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר
emilykschrader
The Olympic Games has always served as a symbol of unity, but on this day in 1972, the very essence of the Olympic Games was shattered by Palestinian terrorists who
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Canadian Idiot is Stressed
SailorHannibal
this sounds like a fucking Wes Anderson movie if anyone is doubting how truth can be sometimes stranger than fiction have a good read from a source https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-1491
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Ed Moran
EdMMoran
(1/5) The time has come to challenge the sustained attack against #Olympic sports on campuses across America. The primary value of collegiate sports isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) generating
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David Perell
david_perell
In 1989, a researcher named D. F. Chambliss published a paper called "The Mundanity of Excellence."After studying swimmers for three years, he found that three factors separated top-performing swimmers from
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Sara UNSTOPOVA ❤️
dzsaradamene3
A thread about the Russian female legends.. Svetlana Khorkina 19/01/1979.. Russian Artistic Gymnast.. DOUBLE Olympic Champion.. She won 9 gold medals at the world championships.. And she is one
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Patrick
patrickadownes
1/ One of the larger mines to produce #Uranium (albeit as a by-product) is $BHP Olympic Dam. Today they released quarterly figures which showed a large % decrease in the
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James Colley
JamColley
Thinking about my family's Sydney Olympics 20th Anniversary story:As Juan Antonio Samaranch said "the winner is.. Sydney", my Grandfather turned to the family and declared in his thick German accent
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John Aerni-Flessner
LesothoJohn
Something I just learned: a picture that included #Lesotho's first Olympic athlete--the late Motsapi #Moorosi--traveled to space on NASA's Voyager missions in the late 1970s: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-r
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Pokes
ianpocock
Olympic year is always a big deal in this house. So if it can’t be staged in 2020, with nowt else going on over Easter Weekend lockdown, created my own
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TJ Guidice
tjguidice
Jesse Owens doesn’t get anywhere near the recognition he deserves. “At the 1936 Berlin Games, Owens won four gold medals, in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump.
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Ruby Harrold is life
britishgymfan
OK. Cos these seem to not be going away! GBR leotard elimination game! Vote for your least favourite 7 (one of the most unique and original imo) is out. Vote
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PM_ME_UR_SADDLEBREDS
SendSaddlebreds
So, let's talk about Olympic dressage.Dressage has had a remarkably long presence in the Olympic Games, being included since 1912. Over 100 years. That's a lot of dressage.Ever wonder what
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Dr. Mary Bluechardt
MSVUPresident
Need a pandemic pick-me-up? Check out these inspiring stories featuring the great work of recent MSVU honorary degree recipients entrepreneur @MandyRennehan, accessibility advocate @RickHansenFdn, and Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22). #MSVUPro
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