CURIOSITIES OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES


The best athletes in the world are in the Olympics Games! They are people with enough experience and dedication in what they do and therefore they deserve to compete in these games. These are the most viewed in the world. But there are very famous cases where some participants won at the Olympic Games with cheats, some of these are very funny therefore will always be remembered.

Stella Walsh was born in Poland, but she lived in the U.S. She had excellent conditions for been an athlete, she was the first woman to exceed 2.6 meters in long jump. When she was 21, she won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the Games in Los Angeles in 1932. In 1980, she was shot dead during a robbery at a supermarket. When the doctors performed the autopsy, it was discovered that Stella was a man, she retains her Olympic Games title as a women. Another story is about Madeline de Jesus, Puerto Rican, who was injured being part of the 4x400 relay, the twin sister, Margaret, replaced it in the classification of Puerto Rico and she won. But a journalist who knew the girls reported the incident because they differed by a mole on their cheek.

Moreover in 1990, the racetrack had a lot of fog in Louisiana Vinton, then Sylvester Carmouche “Ghost Rider”, hid and it was end the race, he came out and became the winner, but soon found that it was all a trap. Furthermore, the games in San Luis 1904, Frederick Lorz won the race as they toured most of the 42 kilometers aboard a Ford car. Lorz was disqualified. Also, Boris Onischenko, who won a silver medal, participated in fencing, where through a cable successes recorded, the Russian was scoring points ever when they failed, it was discovered when another participant reported that he could get without touching points, the judges seized the sword and he was disqualified.

Although these stories may seem funny, don’t suggest this have a strict surveillance with people who participate in the Olympics, so they don’t cheat, people who have worked or elite athletes, but they want to win without any merit then have public recognition without any effort, When athletes cheats, they are discovered sooner or later and that brings consequences to them such finish their work as athletes, also they can cause further damage to the image of the country they represent. It’s good that some cases have been discovered.

By Ángela Erazo.




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