Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/41

... that International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin, under a pseudonym, won a gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics?
... that Bronwen Knox captained the Australian Stingers at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing?
... that Olympic athlete Arthur Keily ran over 130 miles (210 km) a week to train for marathons?
... that Japanese comedian Neko Hiroshi was nominated by the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia to compete for Cambodia at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that British swimmer Liam Tancock has taken up ballet in order to improve his medal chances at the 2012 Summer Olympics?