Olympics

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Nastia Liukin has won a number of international and national medals.

In 2008 Nastia Liukin won 5 medals at the Olympic Games. Nastia won a gold medal in the women's artistic gymnastic All-Around competition, a silver medal on the Uneven Bars, a bronze medal on the Floor Exercise, a silver medal on the Balance Beam and a silver medal from the Team Competition.

Nastia Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller for winning the most Olympic medals.

Canada and the United States.

Canada defeated the USA, 5-2, to win the gold medal. Joe Sakic and Jerome Iginla each scored twice for Canada in the gold medal game.

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India hopes to compete in the winter Olympics, but they may have to compete as independent athletes because the Indian Olympic Association has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee

The Olympic Flag was created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

Mark Spitz was at one time a 9 time Olympic champion in swimming. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he won seven gold medals. He is currently a motivational speak and corporate spokesperson. He also works as a stock broker. He lives in California with his wife Suzy and sons Matthew and Justin.

The 1988 Winter Olympics, were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 1988 Summer Olympics, were held in Seoul, South Korea.

The torch is triangular in shape - a first for Olympictorches, which are traditionally cylindrical.

29!

1. Athletics

2. Archery

3. Football

4. Shooting

5. Sailing

6. Hockey

7. Handball

8. Basketball

9. Badminton

10. Judo

11. Taekwondo

12. Fencing

13. Modern Pentathlon

14. Triathlon

15. Aquatics (Swimming)

16. Equestrian

17. Boccia

18. Wheelchair Rugby

19. Rowing

20. Boxing

21. Canoeing

22. Cycling

23. Goalball

24. Volleyball

25. Table Tennis

26. Tennis

27. Weightlifting

28. Wrestling

29. Gymnastics

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The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan spurred Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on January 20, 1980 that the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. Sixty-five countries did not participate in the Olympics despite being invited. While some of these may not have participated because of the boycott, some did not participate for economic reasons.

Bob Beamon of the United States who jumped 8.90 meters (29 feet, 2 1/2 inches) at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City.

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At the 2008 Games in Beijing, that was Leslie Thompson of Canada who was 48 years, 327 days old when she rowed with the women's coxed eights team.

The oldest rower in Olympic history is Oscar Rompani of Argentina who was 60 years, 67 days old when he rowed in men's coxed pairs at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.

Actually, that has happened twice.

Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Games in Rome and 1964 Games in Tokyo and Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany won gold in the marathon at the 1976 Games in Montreal and 1980 Games in Moscow.

Canada won 44 medals (10 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze) at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2020 Summer Olympics were awarded to Tokyo, Japan. The winning city for the 2024 games will be announced in September 2017.

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She did not attend any college. From the age of 6, she was trained in gymnastics at the school of coach Béla Károlyi and his wife. She appeared in competitions from the age of 8 until the age of 20 (1981) when she retired. She defected to the US in 1989 shortly before the Romanian revolution.

Only married women were not allowed to attend the games, it was punishable by death for a married woman to enter the Olympic arena. It was believed that it would upset the god Zeus for a married woman to watch the nude athletes.

The sports that are played on ice at the Olympics are hockey,figure skating, short track speed skating,long track speed skating and curling. All of these events have mens and womens catagories.

There is no "overall winner" because countries compete in different events. One way to judge success is by the number of medals, or only by the number of gold medals. The countries that have the best athletes in the most sports have an advantage in that regard.

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David Kostelecky (Czech Republic) won the gold medal in men's trap shooting in the 2008 Summer Olympics.