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Did you know
... that
Traci Hunter Abramson
used her experience as a swim coach and a CIA employee to write
Undercurrents
, a novel about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer in
witness protection
?
... that
Abebe Bikila
set a world record winning the
1960 Men's Olympic marathon
, running barefoot?
... that during the
tug of war at the 1900 Olympics
, a journalist was drafted into the gold medal winning team?
... that
tango music
composer
Cátulo Castillo
was once
featherweight
champion of Argentina, and went to the
1924 Summer Olympics
?
... that Jamaican sprinter
Dominique Blake
was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
in the women's 4 × 400 m relay?
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