The 1900 Paris Olympics also saw a list of watersports never to be competed again.The 200m obstacle swimming, which involved swimming under and over a series of obstacles in the water, was swam in the Seine River.The underwater swimwas another sport dropped after its 1900 debut due to lac...
000 athletes from 200 countries competed, including nearly 4,000 women. In 2004, the Summer Olympics returned to Athens, with more than 11,000 athletes competing from 202 countries. In a proud moment for Greeks and an exciting one for spectators, the shotput competition was held a...
He still went on to win two gold medals — winning each event he competed in except for one,the javelin (标枪).The javelin was the only event he didn't win,probably because he had never competed in that event before.It is interesting to note that Thorpe had tr...
the crumbling structure was excavated and restored in the 19th century for the Zappas Olympics, a Greek revival of the Olympic Games that served as a building block for the the multi-country Games in 1896. The Stadium was fully restored and held the opening...
In the years since, she madean emotional returntoIdoland competed on the 31st season ofDancing With the Stars. Kevin Winter/Getty Images David Cook The season seven winner's big hit "Time of My Life" may reflect his singing success, but the title could just as easily apply to his endeav...