Professor Answers Olympic History Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Professor Answers Olympic History Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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Professor of Sport Studies Amy Bass joins WIRED to answers the internet’s burning questions about the history of the Olympics. When were the first olympics contested? How do the olympic games of Ancient Greece compare to the modern incarnation? Who is the biggest underdog to ever take home an olympic gold medal? What is the oldest unbroken Olympic record? What’s a sport that could one day become an Olympic event? Have the Olympics ever been canceled? Answers to these questions and many more await on Olympic History Support.

0:00 Olympic History Support
0:15 Ancient Olympics vs. Modern Olympics
0:41 The OGs
0:53 Cool Runnings (1993)
1:23 Biggest underdog to win Gold
1:59 The hardest olympic sport
2:57 When were the first Olympics?
3:18 Whoops
4:03 The Olympic Flag
4:18 Breakdancing aka The Legacy of Raygun
5:00 The GOAT
5:33 The new beginning
5:56 You want me to do what five things?
6:36 Gold, Silver, Bronze
6:52 Most memorable Olympics moments
7:32 Olympic dominance
8:28 Olympic scandals
9:20 Berlin 1936
9:58 What is the oldest unbroken Olympic record?
10:28 Best Opening and Closing Ceremonies
11:38 What’s an unlikely sport that could become an Olympic event?
12:15 Curling
12:45 Women
13:20 Fosbury-flop
13:51 Hoops
14:19 Munich
14:48 USA Olympic success
15:19 Today’s olympians vs. ancient athletes
15:32 The Olympic Torch route
16:05 Smog and the 2008 Summer Games
16:29 Fatal accidents
16:45 Track and Field GOAT
17:28 How are we still breaking world records in Olympics sports?
17:59 The “Black Power” salute in ’68
18:40 Does hosting the olympics actually pay off?
19:43 Ancient cheats
20:00 Heated Rivalries
20:46 Have the Olympics ever been canceled?
21:19 Did Russia cheat at the Olympics?
21:53 Doping
22:33 I’m good, thanks
23:22 OP Speedo SharkSkin suit
23:50 Olympics coverage before the TV

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