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Hitler used the Games as some kind of propaganda... Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for the US, which Hitler could not bear...
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Ford GT40 Shelby won against Ferrari. Their two cars both arrived together on the finish line even if it was decided one was the "winner"
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The USA were invited to go to China and play for diplomatic purpose during the cold war
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Zinedine Zidane scored 2 of the 3 goals in the final against Brazil
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Michael Phelps broke a record in swimming with 8 gold medals !
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Kevin Pauwels, a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who lost his elder brother, himself a professional cyclo-cross racer, a few years earlier, won the men's elite race bronze medal that year.
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Théo Curin competed in the "marathon swimming" in Argentina, Santa Feco Ronda : he was the first handicapped athlete - with no arms and legs - to finish the competition, not to mention that he arrived after more than 8 hours, around 2 hours before the official estimated time of completion.
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Ben Shelton marked this tennis competition with a 149 mph cannon serve ! Djokovic won the tournament against Daniil Medvedev
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For the opening match, the French president was whistled by almost the whole stadium
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