Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/43


 * ... that Antiguan and Barbudan participation in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics marked the fifth time swimmer Kareem Valentine ever swam in a pool?
 * ... that the Emirates Cup was cancelled from the 2012–13 Arsenal season due to the 2012 London Olympics?
 * ... that pitcher B. J. Wallace set an Olympic baseball record with fourteen strikeouts in one game?
 * ... that Blake Gaudry started gymnastics when he was ten years old and he represented Australia in the trampoline event at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
 * ... that Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg recommended Oslo to bid with Hafjell and Kvitfjell as Alpine Skiing venues instead of Norefjell, to reduce their chances to host the 2018 Winter Olympics?