@andrewnixon.bsky.social gw.geneanet.org/bfcamuzat?n=... One of the umpires in the 1900 Olympic cricket match

Obscure sports fact. My great-great grandfather's second cousin emigated to the USA and played baseball for the Boston Braves and the Boston Redskins

#Olympics An interesting fact from the Olympedia team is that Nadia Comaneci was not the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics. France's Albert Seguin scored a 10.0 at the 1924 Games on the sidehorse. The only time it appeared on the Olympic schedule

Poll reveals majority of Swiss support 2038 Winter Olympics bid as other nations prepare to jump in if plans fail #WinterOlympics

RIP Ted Turner

Just found out recently that my great-uncle who emigrated to North America ended up as the secretary to the California Pigeon Racing Association and was an advisor to the release to the pigeon releases at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics. #PigeonsNotDoves

it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson

Happy 96th birthday to Gerry Worsell, the oldest living Olympic water polo player! Worsell represented Great Britain in the tournaments at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, and was eliminated in the group stages both times.

Death reported of racing driver and Paralympic cycling champ Alex Zanardi

#Olympics Australia's oldest Olympian, sailor Gordon Ingate, has died a month after turning 100 www.sail-world.com/news/295536/...

OTD in 1893 John Ainsworth-Davis was born. He won an Olympic gold medal as part of the British 4 x 400m athletics relay team. But more than that he was literally born on the other side of the road that I was

Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that John Cadman, born March 27, 1934, who represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1964 Tokyo Games, died March 4 at the age of 91. hockeymuseum.org/john-cadman-...

#Olympics OTD in 1887 the Danish mathematician Harald Bohr was born. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympic Games in soccer/football. He was the younger brother of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr.

@skateguardblog.bsky.social Is there any evidence that the British Olympic skater of 1952 Peri Horne has died? We have conflicting reports at www.Olympedia.org

#TrackAndField very odd doping case listed in the AIU March list this week. Hungarian racewalker Viktória Madarász has had 2 months of results in 2017 voided, 3 months in 2021 and 3 months in 2024 are also disqualified. She's also banned until December 2029. No reason given. ???

Will the IOC remove bobsleigh, luge and skeleton from the Olympic programme? Rumors to that effect are circulating within the Olympic family. In one fell swoop, Germany would lose 73% of all Olympic medals, for which hundreds of millions of euros are paid. www.sportandpolitics.de/streicht-das...

@thekenchilds.com The guy who commentated on the sliding for the BBC in the UK... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Apologies to everyone who expected some sharp comments on what's happened at Milan-Cortina but I've had a population explosion at the lambing sheds over the past few week or two. Being a sheep farmer does not mix with the Winter Olympics

@thekenchilds.com #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026 Mia Brookes goes for gold in snowboarding tonight. Her preparation? "I just listen to music and try and block out all the noise that's going on around me. Heavy metal music: Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, stuff like that. A bit of Judas Priest as well."

#MilanCortina2026 Speed skating champion Francesca Lollobrigida is the great-great grandniece of movie star Gina Lollobrigida. 4th place finisher Joy Beune of the Netherlands posed naked for Playboy in 2024

@thekenchilds.com Mr Brightside goes up the charts this week as it nears 9 and a half years in the Top 100...

Just a little reminder that if you want to check Olympic history and results during the upcoming Winter Olympics then www.Olympedia.org is the place to go

Happy 97th birthday to Vanja Blomberg, the oldest living Swedish Olympic champion and Olympic gymnastics medalist! Blomberg won her prize as a member of the Swedish gymnastics portable apparatus team at the 1952 Helsinki Games, where she was also fourth in the team all-around.

Exclusive pictures of the Vatican City bobsleigh team hard in training for Milan-Cortina

#Olympics OTD in 1924, curling made its Olympic debut as Sweden beat France 18-10

Nearly time...

@andymitchellmedia.bsky.social Andy, sorry to bother but I've found an account of Tom Lavery, the South African hurdler escaping from German custody in WW2, We have him born at "Crowden Beatcross" in December 1911. Any chance that could be a mixed up version of Cowdenbeath?

A quick Olympics thread! 🥇🧵 1️⃣ Thanks to everyone who checked out my OKC 2028 story yesterday. This was a long time in the making and it was fun to see it out in the world.

@thekenchilds.com How to get your sled up the mountain in 1924

@thekenchilds.com gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... French report on 4 man bob at the 1st Winter Olympics

Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Paddy Kenny, born August 17, 1934, who represented Ireland in the bantamweight boxing tournament at the 1960 Rome Games, died February 1 at the age of 90. funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/kenny...

Happy 100th birthday to Ninel Krutova, the oldest living Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union! Krutova represented her country in three editions of the Games, 1952-1960, winning bronze on the platform at the last edition. www.sovsport.ru/sportstory/a...

After a small dusting of snow it seems that trials for the Mid Wales luge team are happening in fields across the village. If only the IOC would allow strategic sprinkling of frozen sheep muck on the Olympic track I think we'd be unbeatable.

@thekenchilds.com Polishing up on my obscure facts for the Olympics. The Olympic team member with the best finish at Le Mans was Pierre Levegh. He was a member of the French ice hockey team in 1924 and then 31 years later his fatal crash also caused the death of 81 spectators at Le Mans

My updated ferret photos are now ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics. If you know you know...

Fire up the time machine...

Happy 100th birthday to Maud von Rosen, the oldest living Olympic medalist in equestrian and survivor of the 1972 Munich Games! Rosen represented Sweden in the dressage tournament at those Olympics, where she was eighth individually but won bronze with the team. www.instagram.com/p/DQUlyjzjrYy/

So, eight years ago, I predicted Lando Norris would be a superstar in F1. Do I not feel a smug git now?

The Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee is the now the fastest European born marathon runner of this year

@thekenchilds.com Legendary Slade comeback slot at the "Monsters of Rock" festival 1981 where they replaced Ozzy Osborne at very short notice www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMeg...

A former Olympic snowboarder has been indicted on murder and money laundering charges in connection to alleged drug trafficking into the United States. Ryan James Wedding, 44, is wanted by the FBI in connection to a "transnational criminal enterprise."

On this day in 2003, Ray Lewis died. Born in Hamilton in 1910, he was the first Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist. He won a bronze at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles in the 4x400m relay. He won a silver at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later. Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.

@thekenchilds.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC9... Just trying to send you the best bands from my native country of Wales

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@regys2024silva.bsky.social In Great Britain we are proud of our insultants towards Trump en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgib...