Diane van Deren, one of the world’s top ultra-runners, didn’t start running until a seizure crippled her ability to form new memories. She has the psychological advantage of never knowing how far she has left to run.
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Marathon runner Paula Radcliffe won the 2005 London Marathon despite having to stop and expel her bowels on the side of the road due to “runner’s diarrhea.” She finished with an incredible 2:17:42.
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The World Chess Federation does anti-doping tests on players.
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The lead singer of Rammstein was selected as one of the final candidates to compete for Germany’s swimming team in the 1980 Olympics.
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In the 60s female track athletes were required to be examined naked to verify their sex.
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Athletes can compete as independent Olympians (not under a country’s flag) at the Olympic Games.
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Football evolved out of mob football, a game played between whole villages, with the goal being to get the ball into the center of the other village. Any means could be used to move the ball, as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder.
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The Green Bay Packers have sold out every game since 1960 and there are 86000 people on the waiting list.
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Gender gap in performance of elite athletes is almost exactly 10%. Scientific evidence suggests that women will not run, jump, swim or ride as fast as men.
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In England, there is a ‘Chap Olympiad’ where contestants compete in events like Umbrella Joustin and Shouting at Foreigners.
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Sean Connery was offered a contract to play for Manchester United, but turned it down to pursue acting.
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During Christmas 1914, German and British soldiers had a truce and exchanged gifts and food on the Western Front. They even played a soccer match between the trenches. The Germans won 3-2.
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New Zealand rugby player Wayne ‘buck’ Shelford took a cleat to the nuts during a rugby game which ripped open his scrotum leaving his testicles hanging, he got them stitched up on the bench and continued the game.
