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...that Bobby Pearce (pictured) won the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics despite stopping mid-race for a passing flock of ducks?
...that Brian Boitano narrowly won the Battle of the Brians, a 1988 Winter Olympics figure skating rivalry between two elite skaters named Brian?
...that the yobidashi serves as a sumo wrestler's handyman, promoter and assistant?
...that Estonian Margus Hunt won two gold medals at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, setting a world junior record in discus throw and a national junior record in shot put?
...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers in 1954?