The Olympic road to Beijing 2008
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-08 07:56
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Based on the rules of ancient Olympics, men's 100m preliminaries were chosen to begin the first modern Games on Apr 6, 1896. American Thomas Burke (second from left) became the 100m champion on Apr 10. |
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Romanian rower Leon Rotman was a watersports hero at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, winning both the gold medals in the men's 1,000m and 10,000m. |
(China Daily 08/05/2008 page26)
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