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Category: Olympics
Olympic Champion Rita Mamun
Margarita “Rita” Mamun is the 2016 Olympic All-around Champion. …
Margarita was born in Moscow, Russia to a Bangladeshi father and Russian mother. …
On 26 August 2016, Rita’s father Abdullah died from cancer, days after she won gold at the Olympic Games. …
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European Championships 2018
From 2 to 12 August 2018, Glasgow and Berlin will host the 2018 European Championships, a new multi-sports event, combining the existing European Championships of 7 established sports: gymnastics, swimming, athletics, golf, cycling, triathlon and rowing.
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related – Inside the Games – readers split on whether to award 2024 and 2028 Olympics together
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
top 5 Rio Bars – E scores
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2014 Olympics: Paris or L.A.?
Los Angeles and Paris will go to Lima as the only two bidders for the 2024 Olympics.
Budapest will be withdrawing its bid for the 2024 Games a Hungarian government spokesperson said according to international media reports. …
buy Olga Korbut’s Olympic medals
… From Feb. 25-26, five of Korbut’s Olympic medals — her floor exercise gold from Munich among them — and some of her Olympic memorabilia will be available at Heritage Auctions’ Sports Platinum Auction.
Korbut and Schanfeldt say the selling of her memorabilia is not a desperate money grab, though they acknowledge the money certainly will be nice. They see it as more of a chance to make a deeper connection with her fans, allowing them to be part of a history they helped create.
“This is Olympic history, and I would like to share with the whole world,” Korbut said. “They helped to make it history and make it live forever. This is how I wanted to share with the people.” …
Here’s the auction site. Bids are up to $26,000 each with a few days to go.
96-year-old Agnes Keleti wins Israel Prize
10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). The eldest Gold medal winner.
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Czech gymnast David Jessen
Czech born, the classy Olympian is currently training at Stanford.
John Crumlish:
Jessen, who placed 47th all-around in Rio, shared his thoughts on Rio and his plans for the future in this IG Online interview. …
IG: After Rio you posted a Facebook message implying that you weren’t satisfied with your results. Looking back, what went right and not-so-right?
DJ: Looking back at the Games, my performance was not as bad as it might have seemed at first. Disappointment is the first thing that hits when something doesn’t go as well as you hoped, especially when an opportunity such as the Olympic Games comes only once every four years. I think I may have set my ambitions a little too high instead of letting the competition take its course and enjoying it. …
IG: What big meets are on your agenda for Czech Republic this year?
DJ: Sadly, this year’s NCAA Championships fall on the same weekend as the European Championships, so I will not be able to go (to Europeans) this time. However, I do plan on competing at Czech Nationals in June if school permits. I also look forward to hopefully competing in this year’s University Games in Taipei and World Championships in Montreal.
Click PLAY or watch his H Bar from the Olympic Test Meet on YouTube. One of the nicer routines to watch as he does no Rybalkos.
Rio’s Olympic legacy?
Six months on from Games, key venues lie empty in Rio de Janeiro
Maracana Stadium looted and damaged, golf course struggling
The only tangible Olympic legacy are some public transport improvements, mainly in affluent areas. “Those are the only legacies that you could claim are positive …
Rio Olympic venues already falling into a state of disrepair
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