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Pissarro

The oldest Olympian ever was Oscar Swahn, who competed for Sweden in shooting at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics aged 72.

.BrianJM

clintondaly wrote: »

No country in the Southern Hemisphere has ever hosted a Winter Games

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LenaClaire

Auld-Yin wrote: »

What about AUSTRALIA? 1956 & 2000

Those were both summer Olympics. The quote states No Winter Olympics.

landsleaving

Favourite keep-fit activity for me is cycling, love the feeling of freedom, the distance you can go and the speed of going down a hill. Simple pleasures!

lighthouse

My favourite keep fit activity is jogging. I do three 40 min. runs a week.

Cycling is it for me. I'm able to disconnect with the world, get away from computers, and just be at one with my thoughts! Plus descending is incredible fun.

Daithi07

125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.

Hally_89

Running. Good way to keep fit and you get the enjoy the scenery while your at it!

AnCatDubh

Gold medals haven't been pure gold in 96 years. The 1912 Olympics was the last time that gold medals were solid gold. Ever since, they've been silver with gold plating.

(god bless google)

emm.... honestly, I knew that.

Baron Floyd

. There's a 62-year age difference between the oldest and youngest Olympians ever. The youngest Olympian ever was Dimitrios Loundras, a Greek gymnast in the 1896 Athens Olympics. He was 10.

tritium

For the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Greek team always leads the procession while the host country comes last

dabbler2004

When London hosts the Olympic Games in 2012, the city will become the first to host the Games three times: 1908, 1948 and 2012.

spyder238

It wasn't until 1900 that women were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games.

pullandbang

RosieJoe wrote: »

There's no E in Olympics

No but it's full of lots of other drugs........

Rew

Cycling, because it gets me to and from work for free and keeps me fit at the same time!

stacexD

Roger Bannister ran the first ever under four minute mile in 1954 at an Oxford running track: the time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

frank9901

Amhrán na bhFiann was first played at the olympics when Pat O'Callaghan
became our first gold medal winner in 1928

applesrock

Cross trainer at the gym as it doesn't hurt my knees as much as running.

jubella

My boyfriend loves rollerblading, and now I've started to learn how too! It's a really fun way to keep fit!

bowsie

synchronised diving - hot!

Peadarmac1

Cycling, less wear and tear on the joints:eek:compared to jogging

DubDJ

The five Olympic rings represent the five major regions of the world – Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana, and every national flag in the world includes one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red.

kaz_corcoran

Zumba because there are no rules!

spalunki

The 1956 Olympics were Ireland’s most successful with five medals.

hoodwinked

My favorite sport is Judo,

because its fun keeps you fit and you see it used in movies and tv shows all the time!

ems_12

My favourite sport is the thrills and spills of cross country; the perfect balance between horse and rider makes it a skillful sport, with a lot of ohhhs and ahhhhs if they get it wrong!

taylorconor95

The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.

I like a bit of cycling, too. Always exciting in Ireland's 'not built for cycling' towns and cities.

As for a random fact; did you know that the first bicycle with circular wheels was actually made before the wheel was invented. They were called rounders. They didn't take off. They eventually fizzled out and the license to produce them was purchased by an F. Flintstone, who re-launched the 'wheel' concept with an over the top marketing campaign and heavy, concentrated promotional events, which helped them to the level of success they've currently achieved. The Flintstone family still have intellectual rights/ownership over the concept and therefore receive royalties everytime a wheel or circular device/object is used on a product. The expense of these royalties lead to the inevitable switchover to mouses that use a laser, as opposed to a ball under them, as it was argued that the ball was a 'wheel' for the mouse. The court case cost Microsoft billions in royalties.



Either that, or I just made the whole thing up.

EI: Una

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OldGoat

Only five sports have been contested at every summer Olympic games since 1896: Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics and Swimming.