Olympics over 120 years

The olympic games have been a showcase of the highest levels of sporting ability and athleticismfor over 120 years. but they have also seen their share of controversy, most notably in the form of doping scandals and even tragedies like the 1972 games in munich. at the same time, they have also been home to many bizarre and unexpected events. today, we take a look at 10 of them number 10. the early olympics had all kinds of events that do not exist today, like tug-of-war at the 1908 games in london. three of the teams were from great britain and all three were made up exclusively of members ofthe police. one from liverpool, one from the met, and one from the city of london. in addition, there were two national teams from the usa and sweden.the americans faced Liverpool in the quarterfinals and lost almost immediately. They complained to officials that their opponents were using illegal shoes as big as ferries on the North River with steel heels and steel cleated steel caps on the heels and steel cleats in the front of the soles, while inches of spikes protruded from the soles. This, of course, sounded like a violation of the rules, as prepared boots or shoes with protruding nails were prohibited, but liverpool police insisted that the boots were standard equipment that they wore to work the Americans' protest was dismissed, and the Liverpool team took the silver medal in the marathon with number nine, the driver. Unfortunately, cheating has always been a problem at the Olympics, but while modern cheaters usually try to find new drugs to fool the tests, athletes in the past were a bit more creative in their chicanery long-distance runner Fred Laws, who competed in the 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis. Halfway through the race, Laws developed cramps, so his manager picked him up in his car and drove him the next 11 miles. At the very least, credit must be given to Laws for his absolute audacity when she learned of his cheating, Laws admitted to the crime and claimed it was all a joke and that he had no intention of accepting the award. Whether that was true or not, we'll never know, but Laws did experience a redemption story the following year when he competed in the Boston Marathon. He won, this time with the number eight she represented puerto rico at the 1984 summer Olympics in los angeles, but to be fair, manolin had an unfair advantage a twin sister now we all know what you are thinking, and you are exactly right Madeline and Margaret made the old swap, hoping that no one would be able to tell the difference. and so it happened Madeline pulled her hamstring during the long jump competition and less than a week later she was scheduled to participate in the 4x400 relay to qualify for the finals normally this would have meant that the team would have to forfeit, but what if Margaret participated in her place? After all, she was also a track athlete and Madeleine gave her all her credentials and for a few days Margaret lived and trained in the Olympic village while successfully pretending to be her sister. Then when the big day came, the Puerto Rican team qualified for the finalshe was able to tell Madeleine Margaret apart by a beauty mark on one cheek

duck scullery bobby pierce was an Australian rower who was the first to win back-to-back gold medals in the single sculler at the 1928 and 1932 summer olympics. however, his incredible athletic performance is not what defined his olympic career, but during the 1928 games in Amsterdam, piers had a sizable lead in the quarterfinals. Being alone in the boat, he could not see what was happening in front of him when he turned to see what was going on, he saw a mother duck with a flock of tiny fluffy ducklings crossing the channel just in his path. Many other athletes would have gone straight through, not wanting to let a few birds stop them from their sporting glory. bobby pierce, however, brought his boat to a stop and waited until the ducks had safely crossed the channel before continuing his race