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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

We really do learn something new every day!

Did you know that Hot Air Ballooning was held as a sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics?

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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26 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Did you know that Hot Air Ballooning was held as a sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics?

Did you know that the 1900 Olympics were barely even a thing and are by a lot of historians even barely considered to be Olympics?

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4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Did you know that the 1900 Olympics were barely even a thing and are by a lot of historians even barely considered to be Olympics?

I do. Both 1900 and 1904 were held in conjunction with, and largely overshadowed by, the World’s Fair. Did you know the 1904 Summer Olympics technically lasted multiple months?

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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42 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I do. Both 1900 and 1904 were held in conjunction with, and largely overshadowed by, the World’s Fair. Did you know the 1904 Summer Olympics technically lasted multiple months?

Most of the early Games were lengthy  affairs. As late as 1924, the Paris Games lasted nearly three months. Many of the competitors would have had to endure lengthy sea journeys to attend so I guess a longer games made it seem more worthwhile. In 1928, Amsterdam managed to deliver the Games in two weeks and that seems to have stuck pretty much ever since.

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22 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said:

Most of the early Games were lengthy  affairs. As late as 1924, the Paris Games lasted nearly three months. Many of the competitors would have had to endure lengthy sea journeys to attend so I guess a longer games made it seem more worthwhile. In 1928, Amsterdam managed to deliver the Games in two weeks and that seems to have stuck pretty much ever since.

Since Paris 2024 is the 100 year anniversary of those games, I think it should last 3 months as well :p

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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6 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:


Boo.

Well, I propose moving the surfing events to :BIH:p

 

Good luck with that. I don't believe Neum's coastline ever saw a wave higher than half a meter. :d

 

But now we are seriously getting :offtopic:

#banbestmen

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Dana Zatopkova (97) :CZE  1952 Javelin Throw Gold

 

At the same games in Helsinki her husband Emil Zatopek won 3 Gold medals in 5000m, 10000m and Marathon

 

btw fun fact, they both won gold medals at the same day, the 24th July 1952 Emil won the 5000m and few minutes later his wife Dana won the W Javelin

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