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United states won the most medals in the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece in April of 1896. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympics-is-held
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the first US hosted Olympics were in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904
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the 1916 Olympiad was cancelled due to the Great War
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The Olympics were cancelled due to WWII
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the Olympics were also cancelled in 1944 also due to WWII
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Derek Anthony Redmond' s left hamstring snapped in the middle of his 400 meter heat in the preliminary rounds. He powered through and finished the race.
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This was the 100 year celebration of the Modern Olympics
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Tamura was undefeated until 1996, so she came to Sydney in 2000 and won Gold again
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42 year old German Lady wins gold in women's 500 meter kayaking doubles
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more than 40 world records and 130 Olympic records were broken
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Jamaica sweeps board in mens 200m final
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Michael Phelps added to his world record of most medals obtained by a copetitor in the olympics.
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