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... that Tara VanDerveer had to take a one-year leave of absence from her position at Stanford to coach the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball team?
... that Alan Phillips wasn't allowed to compete in badminton for South Africa in the 1992 Olympics because he was too old at 36, but he played baseball in the 2000 Olympics at 44?
... that half-pipe skiing was added as a new event for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia?
... that Singaporean sprinter C Kunalan's feat of 10.38 seconds in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games 100 metres was a national record for 33 years?
... that Katya Crema was one of two Australian women to compete at the Olympic debut for women's Ski cross?