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Great Britain won what was the first football event in the Olympics at a time when only 22 sports were represented, with football just added.
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It was the first time France was joining the tournament - which was first composed of England and Wales in 1882, then Scotland in 1883, later joined by Ireland in 1893. England won !
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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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Eight teams participated : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa. However, a separate Women's Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa.
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France wins their first world cup ever, 3-0 against Brazil
The most memorable player became Zinedine Zidane who was awarded the "Ballon d'Or" the same year. -
The final took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and saw France winning against Italy, scoring 2-1, thanks to the golden goal.
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China won the competition mainly thanks to Yang Sun (free swim 400m is the most important race).
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The first games after the Covid crisis (controversial) with 7 sports divided into 190 different trials ? events ? (= épreuves sportives ?)
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This famous sailing race started in Alicante, Spain. British sailor Simon ‘SiFi’ Fisher named winner of the 2023 Magnus Olsson Prize.
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Spain won the competition for the first time, scoring 1-0 against England.
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Both male and female athletes row together in different boats but in the same races. They first took part in 1974. This last sport event allowed qualifications for 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
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France has already won all the 3 matches they played with an amazing score against Namibia : 96-0 !
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At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, breakdancing will achieve what no other dance sport has done before it : for the first time, B-boys and B-girls will be breaking for Olympic medals.