9 wildest moments in Olympics history

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Fancy Frenchman Pierre de Frédy, the Baron de Coubertin, served as the second president of the International Olympic Committee, and is generally considered the father of the modern Olympics. In 1912, when art competitions were introduced at the Stockholm Games, the French aristocrat entered his poem, "Ode to Sport," and won the gold medal for literature! The art competitions - comprised of art inspired by sport in

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Photo by: Wikimedia Commons

Fancy Frenchman Pierre de Frédy, the Baron de Coubertin, served as the second president of the International Olympic Committee, and is generally considered the father of the modern Olympics. In 1912, when art competitions were introduced at the Stockholm Games, the French aristocrat entered his poem, "Ode to Sport," and won the gold medal for literature! The art competitions - comprised of art inspired by sport in the disciplines of architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture - were discontinued in 1952. ­­­­

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