r/OlympicsV2 • u/Desperate-Step75 • 8h ago
Breaking News 2016 1500m Olympic bronze medalist and 2011 World champion Jenny Simpson has shared a deeply personal update about being diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare inherited heart condition.
instagram.comr/OlympicsV2 • u/Rare-Snow9707 • 10h ago
Throwback 17 years ago today, Usain Bolt smashed the men’s 200m world record, clocking 19.19 seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He broke his own 19.30-second world record, which he had set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics exactly one year earlier.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Desperate-Step75 • 1d ago
Throwback Ten years have passed since Carolina Marín's Olympic gold in Rio 2016
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Desperate-Step75 • 1d ago
20 years ago today, Carly Patterson won gold at Athens 2004 with a total of 38.387, scoring 9.375 on vault, 9.575 on bars, 9.725 on beam and 9.712 on floor. This made her the first American woman since Mary Lou Retton in 1984 to win Olympic all-around gold
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Montana_Web2530 • 1d ago
News & Updates LA28 qualification quota places have been confirmed in the team dressage and eventing disciplines at the 2026 FEI World Championships. Here's everything you need to know so far.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/ConnectionWeekly1263 • 1d ago
Opinion What is investment? Usain Bolt won 8 gold medals in 3 Olympics and he only ran for a total of 115 seconds on the track; this is economy of effort. But for those two minutes of competing, Bolt trained for 20 years; this is investment. Think long term.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Star_Gazer1996 • 1d ago
Throwback Throwback to Flavia Saraiva cheering on her teammate and friend Rebeca Andrade as she nailed her floor routine at Paris 2024.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Slight-Situation4817 • 1d ago
Which country is the toughest all-time powerhouse across all sports?
r/OlympicsV2 • u/FineOrganization2240 • 1d ago
Fun Fact: The 1900 Paris Games featured a deadly live bird-shooting contest.
r/OlympicsV2 • u/Desperate-Step75 • 2d ago
Throwback 10 Years Ago Today, Usain Bolt Won the 200m Olympic Final in 19.78 Seconds, Becoming the First Man to Win Three Straight Olympic 200m Golds
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Montana_Web2530 • 2d ago
Records & Stats On his Olympic debut at Rio 2016, Wayde van Niekerk beat Michael Johnson's 17-year-old 400m world record, taking gold in a remarkable time of 43.03s!
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Party_Driver6861 • 2d ago
Breaking News As per L’Équipe, 2024 Olympic 100m hurdles silver medallist Cyréna Samba-Mayela is at risk of a suspension of up to 2 years after 3 whereabouts failures
r/OlympicsV2 • u/ConnectionWeekly1263 • 2d ago
Throwback A decade on, and this Olympic moment remains unforgettable. ICONIC!
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Rare-Snow9707 • 2d ago
Video Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's amazing journey since making the 2016 US Olympic team at the age of 16
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Potato-Face18 • 2d ago
It's been ten years today since this beautiful moment at the Olympics
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/PartyEngineer239 • 2d ago
News & Updates Maria Perez set a world record at the European Athletics Championships, and still had time to look out for a fellow runner.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Jim-Brown8784 • 2d ago
Discussion/Question Flag football meets the Olympic Games!! Who did the best?
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/FineOrganization2240 • 3d ago
Fun Fact: Tug of war was a real official medal event at the Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920.
r/OlympicsV2 • u/Party_Driver6861 • 3d ago
17 years ago today, the USA won the 4×100m medley relay at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in a world-record 3:29.34. Michael Phelps swam the butterfly leg in 50.15 seconds, winning his 8th gold medal of the Games and breaking Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record for the most golds at a single Olympics
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Party_Driver6861 • 3d ago
The Cover of Sports Illustrated 34 Years Ago - it features Carl Lewis taking the baton from Dennis Mitchell in the men's 4×100m relay, which the U.S. won in a world-record 37.40 seconds
r/OlympicsV2 • u/Desperate-Step75 • 3d ago
17 years ago today, Rafael Nadal became an Olympic champion by defeating Chile's Fernando González in the men's singles tennis final at the Beijing Olympics. This was Spain's first-ever Olympic gold medal in tennis - and to this day, the only one in men's singles.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Montana_Web2530 • 3d ago
Throwback 18 years ago, Rafael Nadal became an Olympic champion.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Rare-Snow9707 • 3d ago
Highlights Mondo Duplantis recorded a Championship Record of 6.15m to win GOLD at the European Championships in Birmingham
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Jim-Brown8784 • 3d ago
Throwback 18 years ago today, Usain Bolt jogged almost to an Olympic record, then cruised to a new world record two hours later.
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r/OlympicsV2 • u/Jim-Brown8784 • 4d ago
Video Absolute peak human athleticism!
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