olympics Trivia Quiz # 31

That aerial back tuck has been shown over and over again in every Olympic history show that you can think of. Korbut's Olympic debut in Munich is considered to be a defining moment in the sport for two reasons: first, because of her use of acrobatics in gymnastics, which was then considered to be more of a balletic sport than an acrobatic one, and second, because she popularized the sport in the West. Millions of little girls who saw her on television immediately wanted gymnastics lessons, and suddenly more people knew what this formerly obscure sport was all about. However, she was not the first gymnast to perform this move in Olympic competition (that honor belongs to Nancy Thies of the USA, who performed some seven hours before the USSR).

Yes, no false starts are allowed in the Olympic Games in swimming. Even in a relay, if one swimmer in the preliminary round dives in before another swimmer touches, the whole team is disqualified from all rounds of the relay. There are many other ways in which a swimmer can be disqualified. A swimmer may swim the wrong stroke, have a flaw in the stroke or turn, or be using illegal substances, all of which result in disqualification is most leagues. In some leagues, the "freestyle" event does not limit the swimmer to the basic front crawl. A swimmer may swim any stroke in a freestyle event in some leagues, although freestyle is usually the fastest.

Alexei Yagudin had won 4 world championships, 3 European Championships, and one Olympic Games, but never a Russian national title. This showed the depth of figure skating in Russia. In 2002, at the Olympic Games he skated to the music of "The Man With The Iron Mask".

South Africa's Penny Heyns took a bronze in the women's 100m breaststroke, Costa Rica's Claudia Poll took a bronze in the women's 200m freestyle, while Ukraine's Yana Klochkova took two golds in the women's 200m and 400m IM's and a silver in the 800m freestyle. Powers in world swimming remain to be the United States and Australia for the moment. I hope you have fun with this quiz.

Sonja held the record at 15 years, 10 months old, until Tara won the 1998 Olympics at 15 years, 8 months old. Dorothy was 19 and Oksana was 16.

Ralph Cox played forward at UNH, and was the last player cut from the team. Ralph said he went to UNH when Brooks asked him who he was and who he played for. His response was, "I'm Ralph Cox, I play for UNH, and I'm from wherever's not gonna get me hit."

Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc, was the site of the first Winter Olympics. Subsequent Winter Games were held in Grenoble (1968) and Albertville (1992).

John could run, but he couldn't catch a cold. Carlos was sent home from the Olympics, after what officials claim, that Carlos made a racial gesture while receiving his medal.

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