query: when did the olympics become every 2 years

pos: Winter Olympic Games with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The original five Winter Olympics sports (broken into nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed skating). The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and 1944 by World War II, and resumed in 1948. Until 1992 the Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years, but in accordance with a 1986 decision by the IOC to place

pos: Oberon (moon) seasonal cycle. Both northern and southern poles spend 42 years in a complete darkness, and another 42 years in continuous sunlight, with the sun rising close to the zenith over one of the poles at each solstice. The "Voyager 2" flyby coincided with the southern hemisphere's 1986 summer solstice, when nearly the entire northern hemisphere was in darkness. Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible. One such event, which lasted for about six minutes, was observed on May 4, 2007, when Oberon occulted Umbriel.

pos: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres finisher advanced to the final. The final was held on August 8. Germany upset Hungary, the defending Olympic champions and winner of every world championship in the event since 1986, despite losing a key member, Detlef Hofmann, to doping for testosterone two months prior to the 1992 games (Hoffmann would win gold in this event four years later in Atlanta.). Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program. The official report did not make

pos: Umbriel (moon) Umbriel) are subject to an extreme seasonal cycle. Both northern and southern poles spend 42 years in complete darkness, and another 42 years in continuous sunlight, with the Sun rising close to the zenith over one of the poles at each solstice. The "Voyager 2" flyby coincided with the southern hemisphere's 1986 summer solstice, when nearly the entire northern hemisphere was unilluminated. Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible. In 2007–2008 a number of such events were observed including two occultations of Titania by

pos: Titania (moon) subject to an extreme seasonal cycle. Both northern and southern poles spend 42 years in a complete darkness, and another 42 years in continuous sunlight, with the sun rising close to the zenith over one of the poles at each solstice. The "Voyager 2" flyby coincided with the southern hemisphere's 1986 summer solstice, when nearly the entire southern hemisphere was illuminated. Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible. In 2007–2008 a number of such events were observed including two occultations of Titania by Umbriel

pos: Ariel (moon) Sun at the solstices. This means it is subject to an extreme seasonal cycle; just as Earth's poles see permanent night or daylight around the solstices, so Ariel's poles see permanent night or daylight for half a Uranian year (42 Earth years), with the Sun rising close to the zenith over one of the poles at each solstice. The "Voyager 2" flyby coincided with the 1986 southern summer solstice, when nearly the entire northern hemisphere was dark. Once every 42 years, when Uranus has an equinox and its equatorial plane intersects the Earth, mutual occultations of Uranus's moons become possible.

neg: Hanni Wenzel did become the youngest female Alpine Skiing World Champion in the Slalom discipline (17 years, 1 month, 25 days) - ousting Esme Mackinnon who was the first female Alpine Skiing Champion in 1931; the British racer was 17 years, 2 month and 17 days young when she was victorious in the slalom race on 19 February 1931. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, she won the country's first Olympic medal, a bronze in the slalom at Axamer Lizum, and also picked up another world championship medal in the combined. After winning the World Cup overall title in 1978, Wenzel's

neg: Marathon when Felix Kandie lowered the course record to 2 hours 10 minutes and 37 seconds. The women's marathon was introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles, USA) and was won by Joan Benoit of the United States with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 52 seconds. It has become a tradition for the men's Olympic marathon to be the last event of the athletics calendar, on the final day of the Olympics. For many years the race finished inside the Olympic stadium; however, at the 2012 London Olympics, the start and finish were on The Mall, and

neg: Peter Burling (sailor) They won all 28 of the major regattas in the 49er between the London Olympics (2012) and the Rio Olympics (2016). The only regatta they did not win in this time was when they finished 3rd in a short 2 day regatta prior to the Olympics. In all the major regattas (Olympics, Worlds, Europeans, World Cup) in 2015 and 2016 they led into the medal races by over 20 points – effectively winning the regattas before the medal race. Burling finished 11th in the 470 class at the 2008 Olympics. At 17 years old (still at school), he was the

neg: Paris bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics wait until 2024. Hosting in 2024 would mark 100 years since Paris hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics, which was the last time they hosted. Paris will become the second city to host the Olympics three times when they host in 2024 London became the first city to host three times when they hosted in 2012. Los Angeles will become the third city to host the Olympics three times when they host the 2028 Summer Olympics. The London 2012 Games meant that it would be unlikely, that Paris would host the Olympics soon after 2012. This was due to Paris' close

neg: Steven Holcomb Steven Holcomb Steven Paul Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American bobsledder who competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the four-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he finished third in both the four-man and two-man event. Holcomb learned to ski when he was 2 years old. He was born in Park City, Utah, where his mother would take him skiing at every opportunity. He began ski racing when

neg: Equestrian at the Summer Olympics also occur throughout the Games. "Note: Dark gray squares represent years in which the NOC either did not exist or did not compete in the equestrian portion of the Olympic Games." Equestrian at the Summer Olympics Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. The current Olympic equestrian disciplines are Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. In each discipline, both individual and team medals are awarded. Women and men compete together on equal terms. Equestrian disciplines and the equestrian component of Modern Pentathlon

neg: History of the FIBA Basketball World Cup after the 1967 tournament). The tournament was conceived during the 1948 Summer Olympics when FIBA leaders, seeing how successful the Olympic basketball tournament had become, wanted to hold a Championship every four years between Olympiads. The first tournament was held in 1950 in Argentina and was won by the hosts. The tournament was later dominated from 1963 through 1998 by Brazil, the Soviet Union (and later Russia), the United States, and Yugoslavia (and later Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro), as those four teams won every medal in that era. Since 2002, however, parity has seen new teams claim medals as

neg: Denisse López exercise and vault. She represented Mexico at the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, but placed well out of the medals on every event. Although Mexico did not qualify a full team for the 1992 Olympics, Lopez was able to compete as an individual. In the preliminary round of competition, she finished 80th in the all-around. Following a five year hiatus from the sport, Lopez made a highly successful return to competition in 1997, winning the all-around and vault titles at the '97 Pan American Championships. Over the next three years she would become known as a vault specialist, winning gold

neg: Thor Axelsson Thor Axelsson Ture Wilhelm "Thor" Axelsson (born July 3, 1921, died August 2, 2012) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. He was born in Helsinki. Axelsson also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in Montreal. The

neg: New Zealand Olympic Committee only a token team of four went to the 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow due to the boycott. New Zealand first competed at the Winter Olympics in 1952, but did not compete in the 1956 or 1964 Winter Olympics. New Zealand has sent a team to every Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, which was held in Canada and then called the British Empire Games. They are held every four years, in between the Olympic Games. The NZOC (New Zealand Olympic Committee) is a member of the International Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Federation. The NZOC emblem consisting

neg: Costa Rica at the 1980 Winter Olympics After that, the nation did not return to Summer Olympic competition until the 1964 Summer Olympics, and have competed in every Summer Olympics since. These Lake Placid Olympics were Costa Rica's first appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The 1980 Winter Olympics were held from 13–24 February 1980; a total of 1,072 athletes participated, representing 37 National Olympic Committees. Arturo Kinch was the only athlete selected by Costa Rica for these Olympics. He was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Arturo Kinch was 23 years old at the time of the Lake Placid Olympics. In his youth

neg: Albania at the 2010 Winter Olympics Albania at the 2010 Winter Olympics Albania sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held between 12–28 February 2010. This was Albania's second appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Albanian delegation consisted of a single alpine skier, Erjon Tola, whose best finish between all his events was 48th. Albania first entered Olympic competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. They did not make their second appearance until 20 years later in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and have competed in every Summer Olympics since. They had made their Winter Olympics

neg: Olympics on United States television Olympics on United States television The Olympic Games (Summer and Winter) have been televised in the United States since 1960. It has become one of the most popular programs on USA television every four and then two years. The Olympics is exclusively broadcast on NBC and NBCUniversal's TV Networks in the United States. American television companies are one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC. The first telecast of the Olympics on American TV was from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. It was shown on CBS. During the games, officials asked Tony Verna, one of

neg: Nils Björklöf Nils Björklöf Nils Björklöf (April 13, 1921, Ingå – September 16, 1987) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. Björklöf also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Though born in Finland, Björklöf died in Stockholm, Sweden. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the Summer Olympics until the 1976 Games in

neg: Nations not competing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the 2-man, and finished 4th in the 4-man. Jamaica has competed in every other Winter Olympics from 1988 through 2014. Mexico did not send any athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics. The teams for bobsleigh and skeleton both failed to qualify for the Games. Alpine skier Hubertus von Hohenlohe had gained enough FIS points to qualify for the Olympics, but the Mexico National Olympic Committee decided not to send a one-man team to the Games. von Hohenlohe lobbied strenuously to get to go to what would be his fifth Games, with support from the Turin Committee, the Italian National

neg: South Korea at the Olympics South Korea at the Olympics The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 which they boycotted. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1948, except for the 1952 games. The first Korean athletes to win medals did so at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, when Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong won gold and bronze respectively in the men's marathon. However, as Korea was under Japanese rule at that time, and,

neg: Trys Milijonai 2003, the song was played right after the final match with Spain. By the 2004 Athens Olympics, the song has become the unofficial Lithuanian Olympic team anthem and by some, is regarded as highly as the unofficial Lithuanian national sports (especially basketball) anthem. The Marijonas album "Pasveikinkit vieni kitus" ("Greet Each Other"), released by a Lithuanian music recording company "Intervid" in 2004, included 2 versions of "Trys Milijonai" and became a platinum album in Lithuania (sold 20,000 copies in 2004 and more than 30,000 copies by 2005). "Trys Milijonai" was played almost on every match when Lithuania national basketball team

neg: Portugal at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic Games, the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and they have participated in every Summer Olympiad since. Despite this, they did not enter the Winter Olympic Games for the first time until these Oslo Games, and it would be 36 years until the nation would return to the Winter Olympics, at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. The 1952 Winter Olympics were held in Oslo, Norway from 14–25 February 1952; a total of 694 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees took part. Portugal was represented in Oslo by a single alpine skier, Duarte Silva, who was selected as the flag-bearer for the opening ceremony.

neg: Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nepal sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 12–28 February 2006. This was Nepal's second appearance at a Winter Olympic Games, the first having been four years prior. The only athlete sent by Nepal was Dachhiri Sherpa, competing in cross-country skiing. In his only event, the men's 15 kilometre classical, he finished in 94th place. Nepal first participated in Olympic competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The nation did not take part in the next Summer Olympics, but have participated in every Summer Games since

neg: Monaco at the 2016 Summer Olympics Monaco at the 2016 Summer Olympics Monaco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Monegasque athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games throughout the modern era, except for three occasions. Monaco did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression, failed to register any athletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and also joined the United States-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Monegasque Olympic Committee ()

neg: Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics Turkey at the 2016 Summer Olympics Turkey competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1908, Turkish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three different occasions. Turkey failed to register any athletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of worldwide Great Depression, and also joined the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Turkish team consisted of 103 athletes, 55 men

neg: Kalenjin people become a major presence in international athletics at the distances; most of these women are Kalenjin. Amby Burfoot of "Runner's World" stated that the odds of Kenya achieving the success they did at the 1988 Olympics were below 1:160 billion. Kenya had an even more successful Olympics in 2008. A number of theories explaining the unusual athletic prowess among people from the tribe have been proposed. These include many explanations that apply equally well to other Kenyans or people living elsewhere who are not disproportionately successful athletes, such as that they run to school every day, that they live at

neg: 1984 Summer Olympics boycott US Wins, You Win!" and gave away Big Mac hamburger sandwiches for every gold medal, fries for every silver medal, and Coca-Cola beverages for every bronze. The events of the boycott as well as the earlier 1980 Summer Olympics boycott were referenced in "", when the character Revolver Ocelot explains to Venom Snake what had transpired during the nine years he was in a coma. The boycott of the '84 Summer Olympics also receives a brief offhanded mention in Peter Bogdanovich's 1990 comedy "Texasville", which takes place earlier that summer. In an opening scene, a radio announcer mentions that while

neg: Aurélie Fanchette 20 minutes, 40.3 seconds. Fanchette was one of two wildcard entries into At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 35th overall in the heats in the Women's 200 metre freestyle and failed to reach the semifinals although she did swim her personal best of 2:23.49, some 27 seconds behind the winner of the heats Federica Pellegrini. At just 14, Fanchette was one of the youngest competitors at the Games. Aurélie Fanchette Aurélie Fanchette (born 20 September 1997) is a Seychellois swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics when she was just 14 years old. Fanchette was born on 20

neg: World Gliding Championships World Gliding Championships The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Gliding had been a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics and was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However, since the Second World War, gliding has not featured in the Olympics, and so the World Championships are the highest level in the sport. There are now

neg: Harald Bosio Harald Bosio Harald Bosio (2 January 1906 – 2 December 1980) was an Austrian cross country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s and in the 1930s. He was born in Judenburg. Bosio competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1932 he finished 21st in the shorter cross-country skiing event and 29th in the Nordic combined competition. He also participated in the ski jumping event but did not finish. Four years later at the 1936 Winter Olympics he finished 28th in the 18 km

neg: Serge Branco Serge Branco Serge Branco (born 11 October 1980 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer. In 1998, Branco left Cameroon to spend the initial years of his career in Germany. He started out at Regionalliga Nord side Eintracht Braunschweig, where he spent two seasons. After returning from the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Branco transferred to Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in October 2000. Frankfurt were releagted to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, but Branco stayed on for two more seasons at the club before returning to the Bundesliga by signing with VfB Stuttgart in 2003. However, he did not become a

neg: Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chile is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, except for two different occasions. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. Chilean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the

neg: Liechtenstein at the 2016 Summer Olympics Liechtenstein at the 2016 Summer Olympics Liechtenstein competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Liechtensteinian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Liechtenstein did not register any athletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and eventually joined the United States-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The 2016 delegation included two swimmers, Christoph Meier and Julia Hassler, and tennis player Stephanie Vogt. Two of the athletes debuted in the London 2012 Games,

neg: Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics Chile competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1896, Chilean athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, except for two different occasions. Chile did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression and was also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Chilean Olympic Committee () fielded a team of 42 athletes, 25 men and 17 women, to compete

neg: Arto Bryggare Los Angeles, which features a distinguished track program. He started his international career as a 20-year-old newcomer in the 1978 European Championships in Prague, barely winning bronze by just 2/100 seconds. This started a chain of victories still unique for a Finnish hurdler; for eight years Bryggare won a medal in every international race in which he participated. He ended his hurdling career in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he considered having been as a "tourist". Did not start in the final Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare (born May 26, 1958 in Kouvola) is a Finnish former hurdling

neg: João Rodrigues (sailor) board when he sailed 160 nautical miles from Madeira to Selvagem Grande. He did it to celebrate his 40th birthday and attract attention to the Parque Natural de Madeira, Portugal's oldest national park. His brothers Luis competed for Portugal in sailing at the 2012 World Championships. João Rodrigues (sailor) João Filipe Gaspar Rodrigues (born 2 November 1971) is a Portuguese windsurfer. He competed in every Summer Olympic Games from 1992 to 2016 with the best result of sixth place in 2004. He was the flag bearer for Portugal during the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. Rodrigues started sailing aged

neg: Argentina at the Olympics created and recognized in 1923. The country had successful performances during the period 1924-1952, claiming at least one gold medal in every edition. Starting with the 1956 Summer Olympics, Argentina suffered a gradual overall decline, a situation that reached its most critical point in the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. In those Games, Argentina did not win any medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the country claimed gold medals for the first time after 52 years. Argentine athletes have won a total of 74 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. 24 of these medals have come in boxing,

neg: Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics entered a team in every Summer Olympic Games since. However, Ireland did not join Winter Olympics competition until the 1992 Winter Olympics, and Turin was marking their fourth appearance at a Winter Games, having skipped the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. The Irish delegation to Turin consisted of four athletes, two alpine skiers, one cross-country skier, and one skeleton racer. All four of Ireland's athletes at Turin were first-time Olympians. Alpine skier Kirsten McGarry was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony and cross-country skier Rory Morrish was selected as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. Thomas Foley was 26 years

neg: Sierra Leone at the 2000 Summer Olympics Committee on 1 January 1964. The nation made its Olympic debut four years later in the 1968 Summer Olympics, but did not make their second appearance until the 1980 Moscow Olympics. They have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games since Moscow, making these Sydney Games their seventh appearance. Sierra Leone has yet to appear at the Winter Olympic Games. The 2000 Summer Olympics were held from 15 September to 1 October 2000; a total of 10,651 athletes represented 199 National Olympic Committees. Their delegation to Sydney consisted of three competitors, two track and field athletes; Alpha B. Kamara and

neg: George Zaharias Susan Clark), which told the story of Didrikson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a man's sports world, and her fight against cancer. Zaharias also did some part-time acting. The Zahariases had no children and were rebuffed by authorities when they sought to adopt. He died in Tampa, Florida, having outlived Babe by 28 years. He married actress Betty Burgess in January 1960 in Las Vegas. He married one of Babe's nurses several years before his death.

neg: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World

neg: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics were recently set in 2014: These records continue: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event,

neg: Abebe Mekonnen still course record. Abebe Mekonnen Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and 1996 Olympics in the marathon. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29 hours in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers. His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing

neg: Abebe Mekonnen Abebe Mekonnen Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and 1996 Olympics in the marathon. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29 hours in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers. His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing Marathon, which is

neg: Tab Ramos Olympics soccer team. At 17 years old, he had just left high school, but was already known as an up-and-coming player. However, the International Olympic Committee had opened the Olympic soccer tournament to professionals for the 1984 games. The U.S., as the host nation, did not need to qualify, but had assembled a team of amateurs, mostly college players. When the IOC announced their decision, USSF dumped most of the team, except for Paul Caligiuri for professionals. Ramos had further disappointment a year later when the U.S. failed to qualify for the 1985 FIFA U-20 World Cup, despite a 3-2-2

neg: Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre The men's sabre was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The Hungarian fencers dominated the competition, with all 12 advancing to the semifinals. In 2 of the 4 semifinals, the Hungarians took the top three places. In a third, Hungarian fencers took the two qualifying spots while the third Hungarian did not start. In the remaining semifinal, Nedo Nadi of Italy placed second to become the only non-Hungarian fencer to advance to the final

neg: Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics disallowed from uniting with the Weimar Republic and remained under military occupation for several years after the war, after World War II the Saarland was not allowed to become part of the Federal Republic of Germany which was founded in May 1949. On the other hand, the area's annexation by France was prohibited by the other Allies and the Atlantic Charter's points 2 and 3. As the local population did not want to join France, separate international organisations were founded, like the Saarland football team, and in 1950 a NOC, in German called "Nationales Olympisches Komitee des Saarlandes". The region,

neg: Fred Vinson (American football) founder of WebID and LocalOrganicRankings.com. Fred Vinson (American football) Fred Vinson (born April 2, 1977) is a former American football cornerback. He is the cousin of National Football League safety Corey Chavous and is also related to Barney Chavous, former defensive end/defensive tackle for the Denver Broncos. When he was ten years old, Vinson competed in the Utah Junior Olympics, where his 40-yard dash time was 2/100ths behind the national best. He attended North Augusta High School where he was an All-Area and All-Conference selection after recording ninety-nine tackles as a senior. He attended Vanderbilt University where he played every

neg: Fred Vinson (American football) Fred Vinson (American football) Fred Vinson (born April 2, 1977) is a former American football cornerback. He is the cousin of National Football League safety Corey Chavous and is also related to Barney Chavous, former defensive end/defensive tackle for the Denver Broncos. When he was ten years old, Vinson competed in the Utah Junior Olympics, where his 40-yard dash time was 2/100ths behind the national best. He attended North Augusta High School where he was an All-Area and All-Conference selection after recording ninety-nine tackles as a senior. He attended Vanderbilt University where he played every game as a freshman, starting

neg: Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics (four years on, Rio de Janeiro did land the 2016 Games). In Canada, Toronto initially planned to gain hosting rights for 2012 after losing the 2008 Olympics bidding process, but because Vancouver landed the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Canadian city cancelled these plans. In the United States, the city of New York was picked by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) over San Francisco, although several other cities submitted candidatures to become the American candidate for the 2012 Olympics; these included Houston, Washington D.C. (in cooperation with nearby Baltimore), Cincinnati, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Seattle and Tampa (in cooperation with

neg: Helene Mayer reportedly did not become an issue until Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Mayer was only 13 when she won the German women's foil championship in 1924. Her technique and talent were spectacular, according to fencing experts who have seen footage of her fencing. By 1930, she had won six German championships. Mayer won a gold medal in fencing at the age of 17 at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, representing Germany, winning 18 bouts and losing only 2. She became a national hero in Germany and was celebrated, with her photo plastered everyone. According to a

neg: Bolivia at the 2008 Summer Olympics then and 1982, when a popularly elected democratic government came into power. The first Bolivian delegation to the Olympics appeared 46 years before the arrival of democracy in Bolivia, when two men competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Nazi Germany. However, Bolivian athletes did not return to the Olympics afterwards until the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The size of the Bolivian delegation has increased steadily since that time, and has peaked several times—most notably at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, when 13 athletes arrived to represent their country across six sports. The first female

neg: Handball onto the world stage as team handball for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Due to its popularity in the region, the Eastern European countries that refined the event became the dominant force in the sport when it was reintroduced. The International Handball Federation organised the men's world championship in 1938 and every four (sometimes three) years from World War II to 1995. Since the 1995 world championship in Iceland, the competition has been held every two years. The women's world championship has been held since 1957. The

neg: No Satellites No Satellites No Satellites is the third album by Melbourne indie band Gersey. It was released in 2006. The band had spent much of the four years since "Storms Dressed as Stars" performing in Australia and the US and retreated to rehearsal studios for two years, writing, shaping and editing new material. When the band did make rare live appearances, it was under an assumed name to test out the new songs. Guitarist Matt Davis said: "We wanted to make every song fully fledged, and I think we did become more serious about it. We realised that it is a

neg: Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ukraine's Hanna Dzerkal (2:18.25) and Colombia's Erika Stewart (2:18.54), while Tunisia's Maroua Mathlouthi was the only member of the heat who did not finish. Overall, Marita placed last of the 38 finishing athletes. She did not advance to later rounds. Sandow Weldemar Nasution competed for Indonesia in weightlifting while at Beijing. He competed in the men's middleweight class, which includes athletes of and below 77 kilograms in weight. Born in the capital city of Jakarta, Nasution was 27 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics, and had not previously competed in any Olympic events. During the course of

neg: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics table. Women's weightlifting made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, with seven weight classes. "As of the 2016 Summer Olympics" The table shows those who have won at least 2 gold medals. Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games. In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights. When the sport returned

neg: Sport in Russia in the post-communist era. Figure skating is another popular sport; in the 1960s the Soviet Union rose to become a dominant power in figure skating, especially in pairs skating and ice dancing. At every Winter Olympics from 1964 through 2006, a Soviet or Russian pair won gold, often considered the longest winning streak in modern sports history. The streak ended in 2010 when a Chinese pair won gold in 2010 Winter Olympics, a Russian pair returned to winning gold in pairs at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Even after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia still produced multiple

neg: Nine Network Nine lost the rights in 2018. and formerly the Australian Swimming Championships until Nine lost the rights in 2009. As well as this, the Nine Network, in joint partnership with subscription television provider Foxtel, had broadcast rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. On 26 May 2010, Nine became the first free-to-air television channel in Australia to broadcast in 3D. The broadcast was the 2010 State of Origin series. In 2017 Nine's Wide World of Sports will become the home of Netball. The network will broadcast 2 Live matches every Saturday Night of the new Suncorp

neg: June Krauser divisions ... Once every five years I break lots of records." Back in the 1990s, Krauser told the "New York Times" that for her swimming was "more interesting" than golfing with geriatric women. John Spannuth of the Amateur Athletic Union said that Krauser "literally wrote the book when it came to competitive swimming for adults and for the Special Olympics, and did more to kick-start those two programs than anyone will ever know." Krauser was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1994. Likewise, she is in the Masters Swimming Hall of Fame and the Broward County Sports

neg: Granit Taropin as a Merited Coach in the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine, receiving the honor of an ordinances form the USSR 3 times. His wrestlers have won 11 world gold medals and 3 Olympic gold medals. Further, except for 1984 (when the Soviet Union did not send a team) and for 2000, Granit Taropin has participated as a coach in every Olympics in the last 25 years. He was formerly married to Larisa Taropina and Lyubov Taropina, and has two daughters Anzhella and Anna. Currently lives in Somerville, MA. Granit Taropin Granit Taropin was born in the city of Peltun

neg: Stanford University 1 athletic program — the NACDA Directors' Cup, formerly known as the Sears Cup – annually for the past twenty-three straight years. Stanford athletes have won medals in every Olympic Games since 1912, winning 270 Olympic medals total, 139 of them gold. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, and 2016 Summer Olympics, Stanford won more Olympic medals than any other university in the United States. Stanford athletes won 16 medals at the 2012 Summer Games (12 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze), and 27 medals at the 2016 Summer Games. Students and staff at Stanford are of many different religions. The

neg: Florida Gators football SEC division every year (instead of one rotating and two permanent teams). When Texas A&M and Missouri joined the conference in 2012, the schedule was changed again; each team played one permanent and one rotating opponent from the opposite division every year. LSU was designated as Florida's annual SEC Western Division opponent, and Florida and Auburn play two regular-season games every twelve years. Auburn leads the series, 43–38–2. Florida and Miami formerly played each other for the Seminole War Canoe Trophy, but they canceled after the 1987 season when Florida's annual SEC schedule expanded to eight games. The teams did

neg: NBC Sports 1988, NBC televised the Summer Olympics in Seoul. Since then, it has branded itself as "America's Olympic Network", televising every Summer Olympic Games since the Seoul event, as well as every Winter Olympics since 2002. In total, NBC has aired 13 Summer and Winter Olympics, the most by any one U.S. network. the Olympic Games have also become an integral part of the network, despite some recurring controversy over its method of tape delaying events in part to take advantage of a wider national audience in prime time. In 1998, Ebersol was named president of NBC Sports and Olympics. The

neg: Pierre de Coubertin Greek participant, Demetrius Vikelas, was appointed to head the commission on the Olympics, and would later become the first President of the International Olympic Committee. Along with Coubertin, C. Herbert of Britain's Amateur Athletic Association and W.M. Sloane of the United States helped lead the efforts of the commission. In its report, the commission proposed that Olympic Games be held every four years and that the program for the Games be one of modern rather than ancient sports. They also set the date and location for the first modern Olympic Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and the

neg: European Gliding Championships European Gliding Championships The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years. Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the war, gliding has not featured in the Olympics. For gliding, international competition has been provided by the World Gliding Championships since 1938 and also by the European Gliding Championships since 1982. The increased number of classes of glider means that it is no longer possible for all the classes to compete

neg: Israel at the 2010 Winter Olympics Israel at the 2010 Winter Olympics Israel has participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which occurred from February 12–28, 2010. This was the fifth time Israel took part in the Winter Olympics. The Israeli delegation consisted of alpine skier Mykhaylo Renzhyn and ice dancing duo Alexandra Zaretsky and Roman Zaretsky. Tamar Katz qualified, but the Israeli National Olympic Committee (NOC) did not permit her to compete. They did not bring home a medal during these Olympics. Israel participated in every Winter Olympics since the 1994 Olympics in Norway. The country has never won a Winter

neg: Sailing World Championships 2011. In 2014, Santander hosted the 4th ISAF Sailing World Championships attracting more than 1,100 competitors, which distributed half of qualifications for the 2016 Summer Olympics sailing event. Legend: Sailing World Championships The Sailing World Championships (formerly ISAF Sailing World Championships) are World championships in sailing for the 10 events contested at the Summer Olympics, organized by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) and held every four years since 2003. In contrast to other years, when each class organise their World championship under supervision of World Sailing, they are the combined World championships for all the disciplines of the next Summer Olympics

neg: Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fourth appearance of the event, was held from 13 to 17 July 1924 on the river Seine. Ten teams, each from a different nation, competed. Norway and Czechoslovakia were also nominated but they did not start. Switzerland was the favourite, having won every edition of the European Championships since 1911 except for 1922 when the French team had the upper hand; Switzerland came second that year. There are contradictory sources regarding

neg: James Carlton (athlete) of 1927 and just out of school, he ran as the New South Wales representative at an Australasian Games in Wellington and won the 100yd and 200yds events. He joined the Botany Harriers Athletics Club in Sydney and then won three successive national championship sprint doubles (100 yds and 200 yds) in 1928, 1930 and 1932 when the championships were only held every two years. He competed at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam but was run out in the quarter-finals, his form affected by illness (quinsy). Though selected for the 1930 British Empire Games, Carlton did not run. In 1931

neg: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles Semifinal 2 Smithson had no trouble winning this heat, tying the Olympic record as he did so. Semifinal 3 Healey led for most of the race, with Rand close behind, but Healey was unable to clear the ninth hurdle cleanly, allowing Rand to pass him and win by a foot. Semifinal 4 Halbert pulled up lame, and Garrels won by 15 yards. Smithson pulled away from his countrymen at every set of hurdles to win by five meters and set a new world record. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles

neg: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics nation's last gold medal in men's Olympic hockey. Canada last won 50 years previously at the 1952 Winter Olympics when they tied the US 3–3 (Olympic ice hockey previously only had a round-robin portion). The US won their last gold medal when they defeated Finland two days after "The Miracle on Ice" in 1980. Both games, coincidentally, were played on a Sunday. The Canada-USA final was tied at 2–2, however Canada then scored three goals to win 5–2. It was only the second time and first in 70 years that the US men's hockey team lost an Olympic game on

neg: Nepal at the 2010 Winter Olympics of 95 competitors. Nepal at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nepal sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The delegation consisted of a single cross-country skier, Dachhiri Sherpa. Sherpa finished 92nd in his only event, the 15 kilometre freestyle Nepal first participated in Olympic competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The nation did not take part in the next Summer Olympics, but have participated in every Summer Games since the 1972 edition. Nepal did not enter the Winter Olympic Games until the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics,

neg: Nepal at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nepal at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nepal sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The delegation consisted of a single cross-country skier, Dachhiri Sherpa. Sherpa finished 92nd in his only event, the 15 kilometre freestyle Nepal first participated in Olympic competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The nation did not take part in the next Summer Olympics, but have participated in every Summer Games since the 1972 edition. Nepal did not enter the Winter Olympic Games until the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, they again took

neg: Shirali Muslimov Shirali Muslimov Shirali Farzali Muslimov (also Mislimov) (, pronounced ; ; allegedly March 26, 1805 – September 2, 1973) was an Azerbaijani shepherd with Talysh ethnicity from the village of Barzavu in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan, a mountainous area near the Iranian border. He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973 at the alleged age of 168. This is 46 years older than French woman Jeanne Calment, who lived 122 years. According to legend, Muslimov worked hard every day, up to 167 years, did not smoke or drink, but ate

neg: Thor Axelsson event has been on the Olympic program since then. Thor Axelsson Ture Wilhelm "Thor" Axelsson (born July 3, 1921, died August 2, 2012) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. He was born in Helsinki. Axelsson also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an official event at the

neg: Nepal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in every Summer Olympiad since. The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 17 July to 1 August 1976; a total of 6,084 athletes representing 92 National Olympic Committees took part. Nepal sent only one athlete to Montreal, Marathon runner Baikuntha Manandhar. Baikuntha Manandhar was 23 years old at the time of the Montreal Olympics, and was making the first of his four consecutive Olympic appearances. On 31 July, he took part in the men's Marathon, and finished the race in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 7 seconds. This put him in 50th place out of 60

neg: Louise Chandler Moulton widowhood till the house become historic. With the exception of the two years immediately following Mr. Moulton's death, when she remained at home and in seclusion, Moulton has every summer sailed away for foreign shores. She did not print letters or utter gossip concerning the houses in which she had been a guest. Every winter, she was back in Boston, where her house was a centre of literary life. She was fhe friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. in their lifetime, the acquaintance of George Henry Boker, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and

neg: India at the 1964 Winter Olympics has participated in every Summer Olympics since 1920. The 1964 Innsbruck Olympics marked India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games. These Olympics were held from 29 January to 9 February 1964; a total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees took part. Jeremy Bujakowski was the only athlete representing India in Innsbruck. Jeremy Bujakowski was 24 years old at the time of the Innsbruck Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut. The Polish-born Bujakowski acquired Indian citizenship when his family moved there in the late 1940s, and later trained in the United States where he was educated at the

neg: India at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rana, but was later reinstated on 3 August when the National Anti-Doping Agency of India gave him a clean record on grounds that he had been a victim of sabotage. However the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed against this decision to drop the doping charges, following which Yadav was suspended for four years and disqualified from the Olympics by the Court of Arbitration on 18 August. India at the 2016 Summer Olympics India competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics

neg: 1906 Intercalated Games as part of a new schedule, where every four years, in between the internationally organized games, there would be intermediate games held in Athens. This was apparently a compromise: after the successful games of Athens 1896, the Greeks suggested they could organize the games every four years. Since they had the accommodation and had proven they could hold well-organized games, they received some support. However, Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the International Olympic Committee, opposed this. Coubertin had intended the first games to be in Paris in 1900. After Paris lost the premiere Olympics, Coubertin did not want the

neg: 1972 Denver Winter Olympics referendum 1972 Denver Winter Olympics referendum The Denver Winter Olympics Referendum was held in 1972 following the awarding to Denver of the 1976 Winter Olympics. However, a 300% rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to Colorado voters' rejection on November 7, 1972, by a 3 to 2 margin, of a $5 million bond issue to finance the games with public funds. It was the only time a city awarded the Games rejected them. Richard Lamm was an obscure state legislator when he led the campaign but with the referendum's success he went on to become governor of Colorado.

neg: John Stephen Akhwari "My country did not send me 9,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 9,000 miles to finish the race." Akhwari competed for many years before and after the 1968 Olympics. He finished first in the African Marathon Championships before the Olympics. He finished fifth in the marathon at the 1970 Commonwealth Games where he ran a 2:15:05 time. The winner had run 2:09:28. In those same Games he ran a 28:44 in the 10,000 meter race and was only about 30 seconds behind the leaders. He ran marathons in the 2:20 range on a regular basis both before

neg: Nilima Ghose Nilima Ghose Nilima Ghose (born 15 June 1935) was the first female track athlete from India to compete at the Summer Olympics, when she took part in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. Ghose was just 17 years old when she competed in her two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 100 metres she ran in the first heat (teammate Mary D'Souza ran in heat 9, so Ghose was first Indian female track athlete at the Olympics), she ran a time of 13.80 seconds and came last in the heat and so did

neg: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres in each of the two semifinals join the heats winners in the final. Sweden's disqualification as of 2009 was not given. Poland finished fourth originally, but was disqualified when Seroczyński tested positive for doping. After a year of deliberation and court cases, it was determined on 11 December 2009 that Poland was disqualified. Additionally, Seroczyński was banned from competition for two years. He is the first canoer to fail a doping test in the Summer Olympics. Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres The men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

neg: Milan Tiff an elite black athlete at UCLA at the same time as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in an era when converting to Islam was happening. By 1980, he was a favorite to win the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow before the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. A childhood victim of Osgood-Schlatter disease, he did not walk until he was age 8. He went on to become the first American to jump 57 feet while winning his second USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He expected to retire from the sport after the Olympics, but continues to jump in Masters athletics events into his 60s.

neg: United States Academic Decathlon just over two years later, the newly formed United States Academic Decathlon Association held the first national competition in April 1982 at Loyola Marymount University in California—200 high schools from 16 states and the District of Columbia competed for the chance to attend. Peterson, inspired by the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, hoped to make Academic Decathlon an international event. At the 1984 Nationals, 32 states as well as Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea fielded teams. The inclusion of foreign countries did not become a regular occurrence, however. There was no more international participation until 1989, when

neg: Thaksin Shinawatra executives from politics for five years. The CNS-appointed Assets Examination Committee froze Thaksin and his family's assets in Thailand, totalling 76 billion baht ($2.2 billion), claiming he had become unusually wealthy while in office. Thaksin and his wife had declared assets totalling 15.1 billion baht when he took office in 2001, although he had transferred many of his assets to his children and associates before taking office. Thaksin returned to Thailand on 28 February 2008, after the People's Power Party, which he supported, won the post-coup elections. But after visiting Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, he did not return

neg: Artistic gymnastics medals (parallel bars and high bar) at the 2016 Olympics. China has developed strong, successful programs in both WAG and MAG over the past 25 years, earning both team and individual medals. The Chinese men's team won the team gold at the 2000 Olympics, 2008 Olympics, and every team world championship since 1994, except in 2001, when they placed fifth. They have produced such individual gymnasts as Olympic (and world) all-around champions Li Xiaoshuang (1996) and Yang Wei (2008). The Chinese women's team won the team gold medal at the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics, and has produced

neg: Matías Zuloaga Matías Zuloaga Matías Zuloaga (; born 23 December 1997) is an Argentine cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He is related to the Argentine biathletes María Giró who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics, and Gustavo Giró who competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He started skiing when he was 3 years old, influenced by his family. He also competed in biathlon and Mountain biking. In 2017, he won the Argentine Championship in 10 km freestyle and every single competence organized by the International Ski Federation in

neg: Chris Hoy earlier. However, with the vocal Manchester crowd behind him Hoy was not to be denied victory and he completed the win 2–0, the first British man to win the sprint title in 52 years since Reg Harris. Hoy became the first British Olympian for 100 years to claim three golds at one games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This came when he won the men's keirin, the men's team sprint and also the men's individual sprint. Hoy did not race at the first major event of the 2009/10 season, the World Cup Classics Event in Manchester on 4

neg: Nils Björklöf Montreal. The event has been on the Olympic program since then. Nils Björklöf Nils Björklöf (April 13, 1921, Ingå – September 16, 1987) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-2 10000 m events. Björklöf also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Though born in Finland, Björklöf died in Stockholm, Sweden. Note that the K-2 500 m event did not become an

neg: Shirali Muslimov frequent consumption of yogurt. http://yourenotfromaroundhere.com/blog/long-livers-lerik-azerbaijan/ Shirali Muslimov Shirali Farzali Muslimov (also Mislimov) (, pronounced ; ; allegedly March 26, 1805 – September 2, 1973) was an Azerbaijani shepherd with Talysh ethnicity from the village of Barzavu in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan, a mountainous area near the Iranian border. He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973 at the alleged age of 168. This is 46 years older than French woman Jeanne Calment, who lived 122 years. According to legend, Muslimov worked hard every day, up to 167 years, did not

neg: Betty Fox ensuring Terry's wishes and goals were reflected in the run's organization. "It is estimated that Betty spoke to more than 400,000 school children alone during her 25 years of touring the country, leaving each and every child with the inspirational story of the Marathon of Hope. The final words of every speech, "Never, ever give up on your dreams," have become her hallmark." Betty was selected to be one of the Olympic flag-bearers in the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. One month later on March 12, 2010, Betty and her husband Rolly carried the Paralympic Torch into

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony during the 1972 Summer Olympics. He said that those tragedies will never be forgotten and said: Although this was first official IOC recognition of the Munich tragedy since 1972, commentators mentioned 1972 quite often, mainly because the next Olympics were taking place in Nagano, Japan and Japan last hosted an Olympics that year, hosting the Winter Games in Sapporo. Furthermore, Samaranch thanked Atlanta with the phrase "Well done, Atlanta", and calling them "most exceptional." He broke with precedent and did not say they had been the best Olympics ever, as he did at every previous Olympic closing ceremony while he

neg: Canoeing at the 1924 Summer Olympics canoe style) and double-end paddles (modern kayak style). Canoeing at the 1924 Summer Olympics Canoeing was a demonstration sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become a full medal sport 12 years later at the 1936 Games. The French Olympic Committee, as hosts of these Games, asked the Canadian Olympic Committee to demonstrate the sport in Paris. Races were arranged between the Canadian Canoe Association and the Washington Canoe Club from the United States. Events were held for each of 1, 2,

neg: Canoeing at the 1924 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1924 Summer Olympics Canoeing was a demonstration sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become a full medal sport 12 years later at the 1936 Games. The French Olympic Committee, as hosts of these Games, asked the Canadian Olympic Committee to demonstrate the sport in Paris. Races were arranged between the Canadian Canoe Association and the Washington Canoe Club from the United States. Events were held for each of 1, 2, and 4 paddlers for both single-end paddles (modern

neg: Philippe Boccara (K-2 1000 m: 1987), and a bronze (K-1 1000 m: 1990). In 2000, he became the first Kayaker to compete at six Olympics. This was matched four years later by German-born Italian Josefa Idem-Guerrini and German Birgit Fischer. (Idem-Guerrini went on in 2008 to become the first canoeist to compete at seven Olympics.) He is the first French-born athlete to compete at six Olympics. This was matched by legendary French cyclist Jeannie Longo in 2004 and surpassed by her in 2008. Philippe Boccara Philippe Boccara (born July 6, 1959) is a French-born American sprint kayaker who competed from the late

neg: São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2000 Summer Olympics 110m hurdles and the women's 100m hurdles respectively. Gomes was selected as flag bearer for the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Pinheiro would also become the nation's oldest participant at the Summer Olympics at 29 years and 182 days; this stood until the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Celma Soares surpassed it. Ultimately, neither athlete progressed beyond the heats in their events, meaning São Tomé and Príncipe won no medals at this Summer Olympics. São Tomé and Príncipe participated in two Summer Olympic games between its debut in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States and the 2000 Summer

neg: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics sixteenth appearance as an independent nation since 1964, although it had previously competed in four Olympic games under two different colonies; one as a British colony in 1948, when the nation marked its debut in the same host city for these games, and the other as part of the West Indies Federation, together with Jamaica and Barbados. Although the athletes from Trinidad and Tobago had competed at every Olympic games since its debut, the nation's delegation to the London Olympics has become the most successful performance at any other Olympic games. It was the largest at any previous Games, with