Thorleif Haug of Norway.
The first competition in Olympic cross country skiing was the 50 kilometer race at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. Norwegian skiers won all three medals as Haug won gold, Thoralf Strømstad won silver, and Johan Grøttumsbraaten won bronze.
The modern Olympics began in 1896. James Connolly was the first medal recipient in the modern games. He won at the event called the Hop, Skip, Jump.?æ
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== == In the SUMMER Olympics, I think it was Stephanie Rice. Steven Bradbury was the first Australian athelete to win gold in the Winter Olympics. It was for the 1,000 metre short track speed skating in the 2002 games. Australia is the only country in the southern hemisphere to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
We have the Olympics so that athletes from all the world can come to compete in the sport they love (and hopefully win a medal:)
No there are no robots (as of yet) in any Medal Of Honor game. Medal of honor is a real world war simulation first person shooter game.
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Mary Denise Rand, (born 10 February 1940) is a former English track-and-field athlete. She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, becoming the first-ever British female to win an Olympic gold medal in a track and field event.
This is because NBA won the gold medal in the Olympics.
Ryan Kesler, who plays for the United States internationally, has not won a gold medal in the Olympics or World Championships.
Cathy Freeman did not set any world records in the Olympics. She is remembered for winning the gold medal in the women's 400m event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Usain Bolt from Jamaica won the 100 metres in London Olympics 2012. He is the first man to hold both the100 metres and 200 metres world records.
Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympics (Team USA) Bronze Medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championships (Team USA)
Ali won the Gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960.