{"id":52596,"date":"2019-08-15T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscroll.com\/?p=52596"},"modified":"2019-11-21T18:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:43:41","slug":"30-unique-olympic-moments-that-define-the-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.sportscroll.com\/30-unique-olympic-moments-that-define-the-games\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Unique Olympic Moments That Define The Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Olympics is one of the greatest events in the world. Both the Winter and Summer Games offer amateur athletes to prove themselves as the greatest at their sport. With the Tokyo Games fast approaching, there’s no better time to take a look at some of the craziest moments ever to happen in this wonderful event.<\/p>\n

We’ve seen controversial wins, moments of underdog glory, corruption, terrible organization, and loads more madness from the Olympics throughout the years. We’re going to take the very best from both the Winter and Summer Games to give you the 30 craziest moments in the competition’s history.<\/p>\n

Check them out below.<\/p>\n

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30. Olympic Rugby Attack<\/h3>\n

You’d think they’d be used to losing, but it turns out the French aren’t very good about it. In 1924, during the last Olympics rugby games played before their return in 2016, the US battered the French 17-3. The French crowd decided to attack the US reserve team and the referee needed police protection.<\/p>\n

During the medal ceremony, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ was booed by the crowd. After the Games, the Olympics Committee elected a new president who decided that he didn’t like rugby or any other team sport for that matter. So even though the game was massively popular, it was cut until its return in 2016. <\/p>\n

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29. Abebe Bikila’s Barefoot Win<\/h3>\n

The marathon is one of the classic Olympic events from antiquity and it has had some crazy moments in Olympic history. The first one on this list is Abebe Bikila’s astonishing win in 1960. When you think of athletes nowadays, they are wearing sportswear and using equipment designed in laboratories. Bikila brought it back to basics.<\/p>\n

The son of an Ethiopian shepherd, he wasn’t taken seriously by anyone. He received even more ridicule for competing in the marathon barefoot. But he went on to smash the world record and danced on the finish line, even as his competitors were struggling to finish. He’d go on to win gold in Tokyo, before sadly getting paralyzed five years later. <\/p>\n

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28. Lost Olympic Stadium Key<\/h3>\n

One of the most important things about the Olympics is that it is actually well-organised. Years go into the preparation of the global event, with countries pouring billions into the development of new stadiums and infrastructure. They do this because they want the prestige and benefits of hosting the international event.<\/p>\n

So you’d think that they wouldn’t lose the keys to their main stadium right? Well, that’s exactly what happened in Rio De Janeiro when two days before a women’s football match organizers lost the key to one of the stadium gates. After desperately searching, they finally broke out the bolt-cutters and got the games back on track. <\/p>\n