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Wear your running shoes on Olympic Day
19 May 2010
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] From Malta in Europe to Chengde in China's Hebei province, people everywhere are lacing up their running shoes this week to commemorate the founding...
Father of the Modern Olympic Games
03 Apr 2010
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] Pierre De Coubertin (that’s how it’s spelt) is the name synonymous with the Modern Olympic Games. And we can thank him for many things we appreciate about the...
The best of us
19 Oct 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has come up with the perfect solution to satiate our need to accomplish the impossible. Impossible, by our own standards. With the...
London 2012 Mascots: a first look
19 Oct 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] Anyone hoping for cute and cuddly mascots from London 2012 Summer Olympics will be disappointed. While the cute factor is debatable (that depends on your definition:...
Tell Usain Bolt what you think is the future of the Olympics!
26 Aug 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] For such an amazing athlete as Usain Bolt, he is not only concerned about the present. He is also thinking ahead. He and many other athletes are concerned about the future...
Olympic aesthetic: more than just 5 rings
26 Aug 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] When I think of my favourite posters, it’s usually one of a movie: Titanic, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Transformers come to mind.Since the first modern...
Did he really say that?
15 May 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] “Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind.”
The Ancient Olympic Games
08 Apr 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] The ancient Olympic Games was not a boring event which was attended by sleepy, serious men. It was a highly-anticipated sporting event and sort of like the modern Olympic...
Excellent shooter
03 Apr 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] If you were a right-hander, it would be difficult for you to use your left hand to write or shave, much less shoot a gun.
Respecting others on and off the ring
03 Apr 2009
[Olympic Fact not Fiction] It’s difficult to see what a Norwegian speed skater and an impoverished child in Africa may have in common. Johann Olav Koss saw things differently.
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