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yes. if you run a world record time at the Olympics it is recorded as both the world record and the olympic record.
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9.58 seconds, Usain Bolt 2009 World Championships.
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The world record in the 4x100 meter relay was set by Jamaica (Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in a time of 37.10 seconds. The women's world record is held by East Germany at a time of 41.37 seconds set in 1985.
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There was no Winter Olympics held in 1918.
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Unlike the modern Olympics, judges did not come from all over the Greek world, but were drawn from Elis, the local region which included Olympia. The number of judges increased to 10 as more events were added to the Olympics.
Even though the judges were all Eleans, local Elean Greeks were still allowed to compete in the Olympics. The Elean people had such a reputation for fairness that an Elean cheating at the Games was a shock to other Greeks.
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Although there are 53 Commonwealth countries, there are 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) registered that can enter a team in the Commonwealth Games. This is because some Commonwealth countries have more than one CGA, in many cases due to their past histories as separate nations in their own rights. An example of this is the United Kingdom, which is now a single Commonwealth country, but which has seven CGAs, as Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey, all compete in the Games as separate nations.
The original Commonwealth Games in 1930 had 11 countries competing. The number of countries entering has steadily grown, with a few blips due to boycotts as a result of political pressure. Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest of New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa, and 32 of 59 nations from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean boycotted the 1986 Commonwealth Games due to the Thatcher government's attitude towards South African sporting contacts. Boycotts were also threatened in 1974, 1982, and 1990 because of South Africa.
The 71 competing nations in the 2006 Commonwealth Games were:
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The first Winter Olympics ever held were in Chamonix, France in the year 1924.
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Northern Ireland does not have an Olympic Committee and, therefore, does not compete as an independent nation at the Olympics. Athletes from Northern Ireland may compete for either Ireland or Great Britain.
Athletes from Northern Ireland that won medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing include Paddy Barnes, born in Armoy, who won bronze in men's light-flyweight boxing for the team from Ireland and Wendy Houvenaghel, born in Magherafelt, who won silver in women's 3000 meter individual pursuit cycling for the team from Great Britain.
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You can donate old trophies to charities, sports clubs etc as many will have very little budget to work with so will appreciate help on this front.
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It is very difficult to find the one main reason why China is doing so well. Here are a few possibilities:
The possibilities are truly endless.
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She actually was three and probably didnt care. Then her sister started taking gymnastics and taught Gabby a few skills. She watch coach Liang Chow on the olympics and told her mom that was her coach. Eventually she moved and he did become her coach. When she watched him she described it as being bitten by the olympic bug. So she realized what she wanted to do.
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because it shows great honor for the countries that are in the Olympics and it shows viewers what countries are in the Olympics
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1896, Athens - the first edition of the modern Olympic games
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The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is Count Jacques Rogge.
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To win Olympic gold in the ladies' figure staking. Unfortunaly, she never won gold. He best is a sliver at the 1998 Nagano Winer Olympics.
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The current Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has no designated first lady despite having Cielito Avanceña as his common-law wife. No other family member or any other individual has been designated as the current incumbent's first lady.
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because it is not an Olympic sport
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athletes were treated like demi-gods and given rewards for winning
artisans made statues of some of the olympic winners
the gods were naked, and so were the athletes