Olympics

Justin Gatlin of the United States won the men's gold medal in a time of 9.85 seconds. Yulia Nesterenko of Belarus won the women's gold medal in a time of 10.93 seconds.

The Special Olympics was begun by the Kennedy family for a sister who was mentally challenged. It is a national and international event which provides athletes with disabilities to compete and win awards. -they are different because one is for intellectual and physical disibilities

Taekwondo is a confirmed sport for both the London 2012 Olympics and the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Ben Johnson took stanozolol, a drug which improves muscle bulk, strength and power. The 100m gold medal that he won, and the record for 100m that he broke were taken away.

Prior to the creation of the Winter Olympics in 1924, figure skating and ice hockey were competed at the Summer Games. Once the Winter Games came into being, these sports were switched from Summer to Winter.

The first modern Olympic Games were reintroduced in Athens Greece at 1896 thanks to the efforts of a French noble Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a British sportsman Dr William Penny Brooks who was organizing annual sport events known as "wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games" and a Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas who had sponsored the revival of the Olympic Games by compensating the expenses of the refurbishment of Panathinaikon Stadion of Athens at 1856 at first. The first modern Olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896.

Yes, any runner that runs in at least one race in the event (heat, quarterfinal, semifinal, final) qualifies for a medal.

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no Canadian athlete has won 10 or more Olympic medals. The most medals won by a Canadian athlete is 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) by speed skater Cindy Klassen.

Jesse Owens of the United States won the men's 100 meter dash, men's 200 meter dash, and men's long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Jack Lovelock of New Zealand won the men's 1500 meter run. Helen Stephens of the United States won the women's 100 meter dash at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Women did not compete in the 200 meter dash, 1500 meter run, or long jump in 1936.

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There were no Olympic Games in 1963. In the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, the Soviet Union won the most medals with 96 and the United States won the most gold medals with 36. In the 1964 Winter Olympics the Soviet Union won the most medals and gold medals with 25 and 11, respectively.

Italy won 8 gold medals (along with 10 silver and 10 bronze) at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.

Gold medalists:

1) Chiara Cainero - Women's Skeet Shooting

2) Federica Pellegrini - Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Swimming

3) Giulia Quintavalle - Women -57 kg Judo

4) Valentina Vezzali - Women's Individual Foil Fencing

5) Roberto Cammarelle - Men's Super Heavyweight Boxing

6) Andrea Minguzzi - Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Wrestling

7) Alex Schwazer - Men's 50 Kilometer Walk

8) Matteo Tagliariol - Men's Individual Épée Fencing

Scotland (also Wales and Northern Ireland) did compete in the beijing Olympic Games. They competed under "The United Kingdom" rather than their individual countries, because they are all from the same "piece of land" which is known as "The united Kingdom". (Even this title is shortened)

It was agreed that the games should continue.

Calgary host the Olympics in 1988 and events were held in venue in or around Calgary.

Water Skiing briefly made an appearance in the Olympics in 1972 but only as a demonstration sport. It is not a sport in 2012 as well ;_;

In order for a sport to be recognized it not only has to be popular but meet IOC Standards.

The Olympic Games are every four years. There is a winter Olympics and a summer Olympics. The next summer Olympics is in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

so countries can come together and compeet.

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She won 2 ... a gold medal in downhill and a bronze medal in Super G.

Peruvian athletes have competed in both summer and winter Olympic games over the years with their most successful Olympics being the 1948 London games where Edwin Vásquez won a gold medal for shooting in the men's 50m pistol event.

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Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. During his tenure in WWE he was a six-time World Champion (four-time WWF/E Champion, World Heavyweight Champion and WCW Champion), WCW United States Champion, WWF Intercontinental Champion, WWF European Champion, WWF Hardcore Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion (with Chris Benoit). In addition, he was the winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 2000, the tenth Triple Crown Champion, and the fifth Grand Slam Champion.

No. It's too hot in the Bahamas and you'll need snow for the skiing and snowboarding events (that's why it's called snowboarding- you ride the board on snow). Even if you tried to import snow from somewhere cold and dump it on the Bahamas, it would probably melt because the Bahamas is too hot for snow. Plus, the Olympics are often held in large cities. I don't know if Nassau would be big enough to hold the Olympics (you'll need alot of hotels to accomodate all those atheletes and visitors) and a lot of free space to build the necessary buildings and other things required for the Olympics.