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  • ... that Valentin Bontus won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in Formula Kite, while Toni Vodišek won the first silver medal?
  • ... that Olympic gold-medal-winning rugby player Jordan Sepho vomited from stress the first time he played for his national team?
  • ... that in order to attend breakdancing classes as a child, future Olympian Amir Zakirov had to give up eating lunch?
  • ... that Olympic judoka Edmilson Pedro is nicknamed Bicho Papão, which means "the bogeyman"?
  • ... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany picked up the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?