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Did you know
... that judge
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
qualified for the
1906
and
1908 Summer Olympics
, but did not attend either, and pushed the United States to boycott the
1936 Summer Olympics
in protest of
Nazi Germany
?
... that
Aya Mpali
, a flagbearer for
Gabon at the 2020 Summer Olympics
, was motivated to take up swimming competitively after her parents drowned?
... that two hours before Canadian boxer
Mandy Bujold
competed in a
2016 Summer Olympics
fight, she had been in hospital with
gastroenteritis
?
... that New Zealand rower
Hannah Osborne
unexpectedly displaced the current double world champion in
double scull
,
Olivia Loe
, to win a silver medal at the
2020 Summer Olympics
?
... that at the
2016 Summer Olympics
, French sailor
Hélène Defrance
won a medal by a single point?
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