Montreal, 1976 Led by four-time gold medalist Kornelia Ender, East Germany won 11 of the 13 women's races in Montreal. Suspicions of substance abuse by the East Germans were eventually confirmed in the 1990s by documentation and numerous confessions. Even more prolific than the East German wome...
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and could be the first American woman to do so since the 1976 Montreal Games.She made her Olympic debut at just 17 during the 2020 Tokyo Games. Kaufhold also finished second at the 2021 World Championships and fourth at the 2023 Worlds in the women...
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Montreal 1976The 1976 Games drew more attention to the apparent problems of the Olympic movement. Questions arose about theintegrityof the competition itself. Many athletes were suspected of usinganabolic steroidstoenhancetheir performance. There was also concern that the amateur spirit of the Games ha...
Although deemed physically too small to participate in the majority of sport, his determination leads him to make Team USA and compete in both the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. WATCH NOW Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 13 The Cutting Edge (1992) This content is imported ...
The 30-year-old swimmer will compete in the 100-meter breaststroke, after winning the trials. Jack Alexy (Swimming) (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Jack Alexy (Swimming) Hometown: Mendham Jack Alexyracked up records while swimming atDelbartonSchool. ...
In 1976, the East German women had won all but one event on the schedule at the Montreal Games, only to lose the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, to the United States. EvenMichael Phelps, the greatest Olympian in history with 28 medals, was not immune to an upset. At the...
The Soviet women entered Montreal having not lost a game in five years. As expected, it easily won the first Olympic gold awarded in women's basketball. The top Soviet was 7-foot-1, 284-pound center Uljana Semjonova, a lanky Latvian who averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds despite limited...