Learning This Week: The Olympics Trivia
Every week I learn something interesting about a topic.
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Those who follow my writings or videos would know that I am a sports lover. And Olympics is one of the most important sporting events in the history of mankind.
So, this week, I thought of reading up on the Olympic Games and capture some trivia, (not the standard history of Olympics type). So, here goes.
23 different cities across 19 countries have hosted the Olympics Games since their inception in 1896.
London is the only city to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times (1908, 1948, 2012), while Paris and Los Angeles are set to host the games for the third time in 2024 and 2028, respectively.
Europe has hosted the Games the most number of times - 16, followed by North America - 6, Asia - 4, Australia - 2, South America - 1.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will feature a total of 329 events across 32 sports.
Athletics (track and field) will have the most events at 48, followed by Swimming with 35 events.
Michael Phelps, considered to the greatest swimmer of all time, has participated in 5 Games and has won 28 medals which includes 23 gold medals.
A total of 64 countries have never won a medal in the Summer Olympics despite having participated in multiple Olympic Games.
Interestingly, cricket was removed from the Olympics in 1900.
Other well-known sports to have been removed are Polo - 1936, Tug of War - 1920, Lacrosse - 1908, Motor Boating - 1908 and Rope Climbing - 1932.
Breakdancing, as a sport, is debuting in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
There are only three Indian till date, who have won multiple medals at the Olympics in individual events. They are Norman Pritchard - Athletics - 1900 Silver (200m hurdles), 1900 Silver (200m), Sushil Kumar - Wrestling - 2008 Bronze, 2012 Silver, PV Sindhu - Badminton - 2016 Silver, 2020 Bronze.
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