A silver Olympics medal is better than a gold - Find out why
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Get Fact'd with Darren Maule today is based on the Olympics. It's facts you would have never been told by any of these Olympics channels.
The 1900 Paris Olympics featured an underwater swimming event in the Seine: The contestants got a point for every second spent underwater and two points for every metre they swam underwater. The event was discontinued due to ‘the lack of spectator appeal’.
The winner of the first modern Olympic Marathon stopped at a tavern mid-race for a glass of wine.
Silver medalists, take heart: on average, athletes that win silver medals at the Olympics live longer than their gold medal-winning counterparts.
The 1900 Paris Olympics featured an underwater swimming event in the Seine: The contestants got a point for every second spent underwater and two points for every metre they swam underwater. The event was discontinued due to ‘the lack of spectator appeal’.
The winner of the first modern Olympic Marathon stopped at a tavern mid-race for a glass of wine.
Silver medalists, take heart: on average, athletes that win silver medals at the Olympics live longer than their gold medal-winning counterparts.