Becoming the 1st Olympic champion since the 4th C. was a hop, step & jump for American James Connolly in this field event
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The Original Orange Olympic Champ - SUrface - Syracuse University  Prinstein first leaped into the world ... the running broad jump and the hop, step, ... where Prinstein collected a gold in the hop, step, and jump ... Games, where Prinst ein nabbed his fourth Olympic ... track and field world for coming up big in the big events. .... ning the gold, he defeated American teammate James Connolly,.
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Timeline Olympics - Timelines of History  Connolly's event, the triple jump, which was then called the hop, step, and jump, was ... He went on to become a successful author of 25 novels. ... 1912 James Francis Thorpe (b.1888), American athlete, won an Olympic gold medal. .... 1948 Jul 29, Britain's King George VI opened the first Olympics since 1936 in London.
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Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics  Men's triple jump - Wikipedia  Field events. Long jump, men. Triple jump, men. High jump, men. Pole vault, men. Shot put, men. Discus throw, men. The men's triple jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were 7 competitors in the triple jump, then known as the "hop, skip, ... The event was held on 6 April, immediately after the first heats of the 100...
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Connolly takes a leap into the history books - Olympic News  The track-and-field programme in Athens was dominated by athletes from the ... 1896, American James Connolly earned the distinction of becoming the very first ... The triple jump  or hop, skip and jump as it was then known  was the first ... of his nearest opponent and become the first Olympic champion since AD385.
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James Brendan Connolly - Wikipedia  James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he was the first modern Olympic champion. ... The first final on the opening day was the triple jump (then known as the hop, skip and jump), one of ... With this performance, he became the first Olympic champion since AD 385, when the...
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Flashback: Allen gymnast Carly Patterson wins Olympic gold in 2004  Aug 21, 2012 ... Flashback: Allen gymnast Carly Patterson wins Olympic gold in 2004. ... Rangers  Texas  Texas A&M  Texas Tech  SMU  Oklahoma  Baylor ... as the women's Olympic all-around gymnastics gold medalist circled the ... with the most prestigious of Summer Games titles for the 16-year-old Allen resident.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis Recounts His "Incredible ...  2 days ago ... In 1984 he became the first man in 56 years to win two Olympic gold medals in diving by winning both the springboard and platform events. ... topped the New York Times bestsellers list and was one of the most popular books...
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Triple jump - Wikipedia  The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a ... in the ancient Olympic Games, and it is possible that the recorded extraordinary distances are due to artistic license of the ... Also called a "scrape foul", "sleeping leg" touch violations were ruled as fouls prior to the mid-1980s.
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Men leaps and bounds ahead in skating - usa today  Feb 15, 2002 ... He was the only medal contender to land a quad in the competition. ... Quad lutz: Michael Weiss (USA) came within a whisker of landing it at the ... four revolutions  the toe loop (first in 1988) and salchow (first in 1998, after the Olympics). ... A champion of the technical advancement of the sport, Goebel...
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Men's Gymnastics: Rickly, Martin and Melton Named 2016-17...  Sports Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minn. ... Jamie Natalie won the all-around, Daren Lynch won on vault and Raj Bhavsar won ... Former Buckeye Blaine Wilson captured the all-around, rings and parallel bars titles. .... award, including Mike Racanelli in 1990, Kip Simons in 1994, Blaine Wilson in 1997 and Jamie Natalie in 2001.
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figure skating | sport | Britannica.com  Apr 4, 2016 ... Sport in which ice skaters, singly or in pairs, perform freestyle ... age of 14, she was the youngest champion until Tara Lipinski won the world ... won the women's world title in Davos, Switzerland, and an Olympic gold ... Russians began to dominate men's figure skating in 1992 when Viktor Petrenko won the...
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USATF - Hall of Fame - USA Track & Field  Albritton won two more NCAA titles, in 1937 and 1938; was AAU champion in ... U.S. indoor 50-meter hurdles title, defeating Olympic medalist and future Hall of ... She set an Olympic record when she ran 10.97 to win the 100m at the 1984 .... by winning the long jump gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games, jumping 25' 8...
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A Brief History of the Irish-American Athletic Club: The "Winged Fists ...  for the Degree of Master of History at the City College of New York .... 10 Some of these athletes attained a following that can be likened to .... American Olympic gold medalist (John B. Taylor  1908).18 .... Sheridan ever uttered the infamous words; This flag dips to no earthly King. ... The rebellious Gaels flatly refused.
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Great Scott: Olympic Silver medalist, who will be appearing at YMCA ...  Jul 11, 2012 ... Olympic Silver medalist, who will be appearing at YMCA of Greenwich ... a two-time Olympic athlete, capturing the silver medal in the 1992 ... It felt like a moment where the entire country was unified in a single ... The highlight of the day was definitely my hardest dive . . . a reverse 3 1/2 somersaults tuck.
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Four Years Games One Olympics essay topic example  The first record of these games is of one Coroebus of Elis, a cook, winning a sprint race in 776 BC. Most historians believe the games to have been going on for...
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Connor's Blog  Dec 15, 2011 ... In the life of a track and field athlete, you must do all of these things. ... won the 800-meter race, Keane was the runner up, and Dykstra threw for ... In hurdles, you are required to jump over small fencelike obstacles while running at top speed. ... By spending time with this team and watching some practices,...
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A rash of swimming world records | On This Day | ESPN.co.uk  July 28 down the years ... Three were set today: two in different events by the same man, the ... Bob Beamon had bypassed 28 on his way from 27 to 29 with his groundbreaking leap in ... Hughes and Raymond Tuckey, winning the last two sets 7-5 10-8. ... and home favourite Charles Austin, who made 2.39 to win gold with...
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Guess what I'm going to be when I grow up! These delightful snaps ...  Jul 27, 2012 ... These adorable photos of the sport's stars as youngsters show their ... Chris, 36, the boy from Edinburgh who became the first Briton in a century to win ... A few years later when he got his first BMX I thought he was going to ... and a top athletics coach for a father, Eilish McColgan was born to be a champion.
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Perfect 100 meters -- How to run the Olympics' fastest event the right ...  The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than...
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PREVIEW ONLY. DO NOT LINK. LOADING MOVIE 1 % 6 10 14 18 ...  ATLANTA, July 28 United. leap into the record ... Austin clears the bar at 7. frequency. ... also set a new Olympic. record. (chb72358) 1996. (COLOR). U.S. high jumper. Charles Austin at ... sporting events, from United States Olympic Committee.
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ESPN.com - Powers leads U.S. medals sweep in halfpipe  Danny Kass, Ross Powers and J.J. Thomas led the American's first Winter medal ... the United States its first medals sweep in the Winter Olympics in 46 years. ... on the halfpipe, soaring into the sunshine for an unforgettable Olympic moment. ... and it was topped by Powers, who adds gold to the bronze medal he won in...