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Berlin Summer Olympics
Hitler used the Games as some kind of propaganda... Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for the US, which Hitler could not bear... -
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Le Mans 66
Ford GT40 Shelby won against Ferrari. Their two cars both arrived together on the finish line even if it was decided one was the "winner" -
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World Table Tennis Championships
The USA were invited to go to China and play for diplomatic purpose during the cold war -
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Male Football World Cup in France
Zinedine Zidane scored 2 of the 3 goals in the final against Brazil -
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Summer Olympics in Beijing
Michael Phelps broke a record in swimming with 8 gold medals ! -
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Cyclo-cross World Championships in Belgium
Kevin Pauwels, a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who lost his elder brother, himself a professional cyclo-cross racer, a few years earlier, won the men's elite race bronze medal that year. -
Marathon Swimming in Argentina
Théo Curin competed in the "marathon swimming" in Argentina, Santa Feco Ronda : he was the first handicapped athlete - with no arms and legs - to finish the competition, not to mention that he arrived after more than 8 hours, around 2 hours before the official estimated time of completion. -
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US Open Tennis tournament
Ben Shelton marked this tennis competition with a 149 mph cannon serve ! Djokovic won the tournament against Daniil Medvedev -
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Male Rugby World Cup in France
For the opening match, the French president was whistled by almost the whole stadium -
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Paris Summer Olympics