Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/77
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- ... that Slovenian gymnast Anton Malej, a bronze medallist in the 1928 Summer Olympics, died after falling from the rings on the first day of competition at the 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
- ... that during wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics, coaches threw plush dolls of Vinicius, the Olympic mascot, into the ring if they wished to challenge a referee's call?
- ... that although Egypt boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics, it still sent three athletes to the Games?
- ... that William Lister was listed as competing in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, despite having died before the Games began?
- ... that 14 Muslim female athletes won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?