Our Olympic Champion is an ambassador for the Right to Play charity.
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Category: Olympics
the Andreas Tobas story
The hero in Rio.
“That was amazing,” teammate Fabian Hambüchen said. “It’s an honour to have someone like him on the team.”
German gymnast Andreas Toba’s extraordinary act of sacrifice
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Rosie’s leos to Olympic Museum in Switzerland
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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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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