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John B\. Kelly was born in Philadelphia on 4 October 1889, one of a family of 10 children\. His Irish parents had emigrated to the United States a few years earlier\. Athletic and also tall for his time \(1\.89m\), he learned to row on the Schuylkill River that crosses Pennsylvania

John B. Kelly Sr: a historic achievement in Antwerp, and a legendary dynasty

A Belgian team did play in the first Olympic football tournament in Paris in 1900, but it consisted of a team put together by the Belgian University Athletic Federation \(F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Athl&eacute;tique Universitaire Belge\), which finished in third place \- out of a total of three teams\. The official date of

The “Red Devils” at the top of world football at Antwerp 1920

World War I left the world in a state of devastation\. The fighting had killed huge numbers, ruined entire cities, and crippled economies\. The idea that thousands of athletes would come together in Antwerp, Belgium, was nearly unimaginable\. One official report said the idea was &ldquo;almost a folly&rdquo;\.

Antwerp 1920: a symbol of peace and unity 100 years after the Games

With the 1916 Games awarded to Berlin, Antwerp submitted its candidature for those in 1920, as did the city of Budapest\. On 23 June 1914, at the International Olympic Committee \(IOC\)&rsquo;s 16th Session in Paris, the two cities&rsquo; candidatures were accepted\. But just over a month later, the First World

Ninety-nine years ago, the Olympic flag was flown for the first time

Antwerp 1920: tug of war and a 72-year-old medallist

Ice hockey is one of the signature sports in the Winter Olympic programme, and regardless of the Games, always seems to produce incredible moments of drama and action.
In fact, there have been so many great ice hockey moments at the Olympics that compiling a list of 10 was quite

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Duke Kahanamoku was about to celebrate his 30th birthday \(he was born on 24 August 1890 in Honolulu, in what was then the Kingdom of Hawaii\) when he set out to defend his 100m freestyle title in the "dark, cold and muddy" waters of the 100m\-long Olympic pool that had

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Women first competed in swimming at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, taking part in two events: the 100m freestyle, which was won by Australia&rsquo;s Fanny Durack, and the 4x100m relay, won by Great Britain&rsquo;s Belle Moore, Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs and Irene Steers\. At Antwerp 1920, a third

Ethelda Bleibtrey, the trailblazer for women’s swimming who was arrested due to her swimsuit

On the grass courts of the Beerschot Tennis Club in Kontich, on the outskirts of Antwerp, Suzanne Lenglen, then aged 21, sailed through the Olympic women&rsquo;s singles tournament held from 16 to 24 August 1920\. She dispatched her first three opponents in straight sets with no games lost: Belgium&rsquo;s Marie

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In the early 20th century, at a time when winter sports on ice and snow were becoming increasingly popular in Europe and North America, Pierre de Coubertin was an early advocate for their inclusion on the Olympic programme, declaring that the Olympic Games were Games for all sports\. As

Exactly 100 years ago, the Games of the VII Olympiad began on ice

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In Ancient Greece, art and sport went hand in hand, with the ideal way to achieve harmony considered to be by exercising both body and mind. When the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, laid out his plans for the future of the Games, he wanted

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The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, and for quite some time the only events on the Olympic program were pulled from traditional summer sports like athletics and swimming. Five years later, in 1901, the first organized international competition involving winter sports -- the Nordic Games

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