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An Olympic Finale! Hello, and welcome to 7MM News on the Olympics! As you all know the Olympics finished earlier on Sunday 12th of August. But there still might be a couple of things **//__YOU__//** don’t know about so… let’s get started! Did you know that during the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a Japanese gymnast, Shun Fujimoto, broke his knee during the floor exercise. But that’s not all. Despite of the pain he went on and scored a 9.5 on the pommel horse and 9.7 on the rings. He even dropped 2.4384 m from the rings and kept balance! Next he even raised his arms in a perfect finish before collapsing. What a superstar. Imagine doing **//__THAT__//** with a broken kneecap. As we all know if you win, you get a gold medal but if you’re second you get a silver medal. But did you know that at the very first modern Olympics, Athens 1896, if you won, you would get a silver medal, and if you came second you got a gold medal? (But if you came third you had go home empty handed.) And while we’re on the subject of medals, did you know that at the 1900’s Olympics, in France, winners got paintings instead on medals? Just because they think paintings are worth more money. Most Olympics only last 15-30 days, but did you know that the 1908 London Olympics lasted 187 days! It started in April and went until October! I hope you have learnt a new fact today. Come back for more 7MM news tomorrow! By Julia L



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