Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/20

... that sprint champion Charles Hoyt, who lost a chance for an Olympic medal when the 1916 games were cancelled due to World War I, later coached Eddie Tolan to two gold medals in the 1932 Olympics?
... that Hedda and Ingrid Berntsen became the first siblings in Norway to compete in different events at the same Olympic Games?
... that Teiji Honma became one of the first goaltenders in ice hockey to wear a mask when he used one that resembled a baseball catcher's mask at the 1936 Winter Olympics?
... that at age 17 years and 331 days, Polish hammer thrower Kamila Skolimowska was the youngest Olympic champion in the 2000 Summer Olympics?
...that upon entering the Stadio Olympica at the opening ceremonies of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the torch bearer tripped over a cable and fell, nearly extinguishing the Olympic flame?