09/09/1992
La première, mais pas la dernière If there was a moment when the British woke up to Olympic cycling it was probably in the summer of 1992 when Chris Boardman won the first cycling Olympic gold medal f...
Le nageur le plus rapide de sa génération Alexander Popov dominated the men’s sprint freestyle discipline at the Barcelona Games, winning gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle events and silver me...
Reine du bassin à Barcelone Krisztina Egerszegi won three Olympic gold medals in Barcelona, the 100m backstroke, the 200m backstroke and the 400m medley. Affectionately known as ‘the Little Mouse’ in ...
Un adolescent de tous les records Yevgeny Sadovyi dominated competition in the men’s pool in Barcelona winning 3 gold medals and setting two world records. The 19-year old Russian, who competed under ...
08/09/1992
Vingt ans de suprématie Elisabeta Lipa-Oleniuc of Romania is the most decorated Olympic rower ever. With five gold medals, two silver, and a bronze over an astonishing 20-year period, the Romanian won...
Des débuts modestes Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle on the dusty plains of Ethiopia but went on to become an Olympic legend. The 21-year old from the village of Bekoji became the first black Afric...
Gymnast Tatiana Gutsu, known affectionately in her native Ukraine as ‘The Painted Bird of Odessa,’ claimed the all-round gold medal and a team gold at the Barcelona Games. Her extraordinary Olympic ...
Matchs de groupe Host nation Spain caused one of the biggest upsets at the Barcelona Games in 1992, winning the Womens field hockey gold medal. Having qualified automatically, Spain was drawn against ...
07/09/1992
Tout juste seize ans Tennis star Jennifer Capriati was just 16- when she won the Womens singles Olympic gold medal in Barcelona. The American came from a set behind to beatthe 23year old Steffi Graf o...
Un destin tout tracé The name Oscar De La Hoya is so synonymous with boxing it’s easy to forget how his remarkable career started. The young Mexican-American avoided confrontation as a child, preferri...
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Antonio Rebollo gets ready to light the cauldron with the Olympic flame ©Getty Simon Bruty
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