Olympic glory isn't always a permanent gig. Today's #Quintalist revisits events that once made the program. Can you spot the five with a place in Games history? quintalist.com Repost this and one lucky reposter will win access to all our archived games! #Wordle #OlympicHistory #Olympics

#TIL The Soviet Union violated Olympic rules by paying athletes full time despite appearing to have regular jobs, enabling them to dominate the Games in the 1970s and 1980s.

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#OnThisDay September 22nd, 1870, Charlotte Cooper was born.

Charlotte Cooper became the first female athlete to win Olympic gold in an individual event at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. At the age of 26, she lost her hearing.

She won 5 Wimbledon titles.

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Did you know? The Winter Olympics’ first luge death came during training, before the event even began, and it helped expose how unsafe the sport was.

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Everyone remembers Zola Budd tripping Mary Decker. Officials cleared Budd of fault — Decker clipped her from behind. The barefoot 17-year-old got booed anyway, fast-tracked into British citizenship to dodge the apartheid ban. #Running #OlympicHistory #RunningHistory #TheLongRun