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Did you know
... that
Abudureheman Abulikemu
was the first
boxer
from
Xinjiang
to compete at the
Olympics
?
... that
Rānui Ngārimu
helped weave
Te Māhutonga
(the Southern Cross), the Māori cloak worn by the flag bearer of the New Zealand Olympic team since 2004?
... that after winning Olympic bronze in
bobsleigh
,
"Paddy" Green
went on to
RAF
night-fighter
fame that won him awards from the US and Soviet Union?
... that after being told that women could not compete in athletics at the
1924 Summer Olympics
, the
FSFSF
set up their own
Women's Olympiad
?
... that
John Moffet
set an Olympic swimming record despite injuring himself during the same race?
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