5. After 54 years to run to the finish line

The 5th Olympic marathon held in Sweden in 1912, met a hot day. Japanese athlete Kanaguri Shizo ran to the middle of the race, suddenly saw a Swedish spectator in the roadside drinking orange juice, he instinctively toward the spectator, soon got the orange juice, but also got a place to stay, and a good night's sleep. By the time he woke up, the race was long over. When the Norwegian Olsen arrived at the finish line as the last place, the Japanese runner was the only one who was nowhere to be seen, not realizing that the Japanese runner was sound asleep in an old people's house. He didn't return to the Japanese team's residence until the 2nd day.

In 1965, at the age of 76, Kanaguri Shizo traveled to Sweden to revisit his old stomping grounds, where he ran from the place where he gave up the race in 1912 towards the finish line of the marathon, the site of the Stockholm Olympics, and reached the finish line.

6. river water does not commit well water

Olympic Games in the 1920s in the 100-meter race, each way even pulled up a long rope, from the start to the end of the continuous, the original intention of this equipment is to prevent athletes to make a foul behavior across the line, so that athletes have to compete in the step by step, otherwise due to a moment of carelessness beyond the boundaries of the line will be tripped up by the rope, but also on the body to cause injury, it turns out that this makes the athletes to make the line foul behavior. The original design of this dangerous design to make the athletes step by step was criticized and abolished.

7. Half gold, half silver medals

In the 10th Olympic Games in 1932, the United States female athlete Hilly won the gold medal in the high jump, however, she was very grateful to another American female athlete Dietrichson. Dietrichson was the silver medalist in the high jump at the Olympics. The two of them in the struggle for the cause of sports in the journey of mutual encouragement, learning from each other, complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, thus establishing a deep friendship, indeed, more than pro-sisters, she and her two together on the podium, and is cheering, and is embracing, *** with the immersed in the joy of victory, the Olympic Games, the two of them will be their respective medals, each stay a piece of the two as an eternal memory of their friendship.

8. to the hands of the gold medal and change hands

The fourteenth Olympic Games equestrian competition, the Swedish team to 1366 points of the best score to win the team competition, but later was disqualified, it turned out to be because of Sweden's Payson is not in line with the athletes must be officers of this rule. Originally Payson is only a corporal, in order to participate in the Olympic Games, temporarily promoted to officer, but the Swedish military even forgot to give Payson to replace the cap, the result of Payson wearing the corporal's cap to participate in the game, was found by the referee, exposed the horse's foot, should have been to the hands of the gold medal lost.

9. The horse separates the Olympics

There is no doubt that the horse is a very important part of equestrian competition. In the past, when medicine was less developed, countries took quarantine of animal imports very seriously. In Australia, it was written into law that livestock had to undergo a six-month quarantine after entering the country.

In 1956, Melbourne, Australia, was awarded the right to host the Olympic Games, the first time the Games were held outside of Europe and the Americas. However, due to Australia's quarantine restrictions on the entry of livestock, making the equestrian events of that Olympics a difficult task, the IOC decided to change the equestrian events to Stockholm, Sweden, after much negotiation, making the 16th Olympics the only Olympics in history to be held on two continents. (Author: Nanshan)

10. Lost Gold Medal

In the 16th Olympic Games, the Soviet Union, 18-year-old rower Ivanov won the gold medal, unusually excited, in the competition venue will be the gold medal thrown into the sky, causing the audience to burst of cheers. Unexpectedly, the gold medal fell into his hands and then into the lake. He immediately plunged into the water in an attempt to retrieve the lost gold medal. Finally, he returned to the water with empty hands. The International Olympic Games could not bear to see Ivanov return home sad and gave him a replacement - an imitation gold medal. In the 17th and 18th Olympic Games Ivanov won the gold medal again. He learned his lesson from the previous time, and never dared to throw medals.

11. The gold medal that saved his life

At the 17th Olympics in 1960, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, a guard of honor for his country, was killed. Selassie I's guard Bekira barefoot to participate in the marathon, and to 2 hours 15 minutes 16 seconds 2 results to break the Olympic record and won the gold medal, for Ethiopia to establish a miraculous achievement, become a national hero. Later, Bekira took part in a coup d'état organized by the Ethiopian Royal Guard. After the failure of the coup, Emperor Haile Selassie I was grateful to the Ethiopian Royal Guards for their support. Emperor Selassie I in Bekira won the Olympic Games, decided not to pursue him, so, an Olympic gold medal saved Bekira's life. In 1964, the 18th Olympic Games Bekira again, to 2 hours 12 minutes 11 seconds 2 excellent results again won the marathon championship, become the Olympic history of the first back-to-back marathon gold medalist.

Two, the 2008 Olympic Games

Fuwa is the mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, whose colors and inspirations are derived from the five Olympic rings, from China's vast mountains, rivers and lakes, and from the images of favorite animals. Fuwa conveys to children all over the world the spirit of friendship, peace and positive development, and the wish for harmony between human beings and nature.

Fuwa is the first mascot of the Olympic Games in China.

The Fuwa are five cute and close friends, whose shapes incorporate the images of fish, giant panda, Olympic flame, Tibetan antelope and swallow.

Fuwa Beibei, Fuwa Jingjing, Fuwa Huanhuan, Fuwa Yingying, Fuwa Nini

Each of the dolls has a catchy name: "Beibei," "Jingjing," "Huanhuan," "Huanhuan," and "Nini. Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying", and "Nini", and in China, hyphenated names

are a traditional way of expressing affection for a child. When the names of the five dolls are linked together, you read Beijing's gracious invitation to the world, "Beijing welcomes you.

The Fuwa represent dreams and the aspirations of the Chinese people. Their prototypes and headdresses imply their connection to the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky,

and their image design applies traditional Chinese artistic expressions to show China's splendid culture.

Bringing blessings to all corners of the world

For a long time, China has had a tradition of conveying blessings through symbols. Each doll of the Beijing Olympic mascot represents a good wish: prosperity

Prosperity, joy, passion, health and good luck. The dolls carry Beijing's hospitality and blessings to all corners of the world, inviting people from all over the world*** to gather in Beijing to celebrate

the 2008 Olympic Games.

The blessing that Beibei delivers is prosperity. In traditional Chinese culture and art, the patterns of "fish" and "water" are symbols of prosperity and harvest, and people use

"Carp jumping over the Dragon Gate" to symbolize success in business and the realization of dreams, and "fish" to symbolize the realization of dreams. Fish also has the connotation of "good fortune" and "yearly surplus".

The head of Bei Bei is decorated with a Chinese Neolithic fish pattern. Bei Bei is gentle and pure, a master of water sports, and the blue ring of the five Olympic rings

reflects each other.

Jingjing is a naive giant panda that brings joy wherever she goes. As China's national treasures, pandas are loved

by people all over the world.

Jingjing comes from the vast forest, symbolizing the harmonious ****existence of man and nature. His head motif is derived from the lotus petal shape on Song porcelain. Jingjing is a simple, joyful and powerful figure, representing the black ring of the five Olympic rings.

Huanhuan is the big brother of the Fuwa. He is a fire doll, symbolizing the Olympic flame. Huanhuan is the embodiment of sports passion, he will spread the passion to the world

and convey the Olympic spirit of faster, higher, stronger. Wherever Huanhuan goes, Beijing 2008 is full of enthusiasm for the world.

Huanhuan's head motif is inspired by the flames in Dunhuang murals. He is an outgoing person who is familiar with various ball sports and represents the red

Color of the five Olympic rings.

YingYing is a nimble and agile Tibetan antelope who comes from the vast western part of China to spread the blessing of good health to the world. Welcome

The Tibetan antelope, a protected animal unique to the Tibetan Plateau, is a manifestation of the Green Olympics.

YingYing's head ornamentation incorporates the decorative styles of the Tibetan Plateau and western regions such as Xinjiang. He is a fast track and field athlete and represents the yellow of the five

Olympic rings.

NiNi comes from the sky, a swallow with wings spreading and flying, and its styling is inspired by Beijing's traditional sand swallow kite. The name "Yan" also represents Yanjing (the ancient name for Beijing

). Nini brings spring and joy to people, and sows good wishes of "good luck" wherever she flies.

The innocent, joyful and athletic Nini will make her debut in gymnastics, representing the green ring of the five Olympic rings.