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... that Latvian basketball player Ieva Tāre suffered a serious arm injury during the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, but recovered in time for the actual Olympics?
... that after Yuri Titov had received nine Olympic medals in artistic gymnastics from three Olympics, he served 20 years as president of the International Gymnastics Federation?
... that in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008?
... that Amy Peterson competed in the first five Olympics in which short-track speed skating was a sport?
... that after failed attempts for 1964, 1968 and 1972, the Calgary Olympic Development Association successfully brought the Winter Olympics to Calgary, Canada in 1988?

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