{"id":114219,"date":"2024-07-26T14:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/most-memorable-olympic-moments-michael-phelps-and-more\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:40:17","slug":"most-memorable-olympic-moments-michael-phelps-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/most-memorable-olympic-moments-michael-phelps-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Memorable Olympic Moments: Michael Phelps and More"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The best athletes from around the world converge on Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games<\/a>. However, over the years, there\u2019s been more than a few moments ranging from bad to good. Whether it was Michael Phelps<\/strong> winning a whopping 28 gold medals or Ryan Lochte<\/strong> lying about being robbed at gunpoint, the event always has some memorable moments.<\/p>\n

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Michael Phelps\u2019 Golden Games<\/h2>\n

With 28 Olympic medals (23 of them gold), G.O.A.T. swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. In Beijing in 2008, he set the record for winning the most gold medals (eight) in one Games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kerri Strug\u2019s Tenacity<\/h2>\n

Who could forget the image of Kerri Strug<\/strong> being carried to the medals ceremony by coach B\u00e9la K\u00e1rolyi<\/strong> at the 1996 Atlanta Games? Despite hurting her ankle during her first vault, Kerri completed a second one before collapsing in pain, in order to secure the gold for the American team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Muhammed Ali\u2019s Surprise<\/h2>\n

At the 1996 opening ceremony in Atlanta, 1960 Olympic champ and legendary boxer Muhammad Ali \u2014 who once claimed to have thrown his gold medal into the Ohio River after encountering racism in his native Louisville, Kentucky, \u2014 surprised the crowd by lighting the torch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dream Team Dominates<\/h2>\n

The first Olympic basketball squad to boast NBA players \u2014 including Michael Jordan<\/strong>, Magic Johnson<\/strong>, Larry Bird<\/strong>, Charles Barkley<\/strong>, Patrick Ewing<\/strong>, Karl Malone<\/strong> and Scottie Pippen<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cwas like traveling with 12 rock stars,\u201d their coach said of the team, which easily won the gold by beating opponents by an average score of 44 points in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nadia Comaneci\u2019s Perfect 10<\/h2>\n

At the 1976 Montreal Games, 14-year-old Romanian Nadia Comaneci<\/strong> became the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect 10 at the Olympics \u2014 so unusual that the scoreboard was only programmed to go to 9.99, so it flashed a 1.00. (She went home with three gold medals.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ryan Lochte\u2019s Lie<\/h2>\n

After winning gold as part of the 4\u00d7200 meter relay in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, champion swimmer Ryan Lochte<\/a> claimed he and three teammates had been robbed at gunpoint at a gas station \u2014 but video showed the intoxicated athletes tussling with security.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize \u2026 for not being more careful and candid in how I described the events,\u201d Ryan, who finished fifth in his next race and was later suspended for 10 months, said of his lie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Greg Louganis\u2019 Comeback<\/h2>\n

In 1988, diver Greg Louganis<\/strong> hit his head on the springboard \u2014 suffering a concussion \u2014 during the preliminary rounds in Seoul, South Korea, but rallied to win two gold medals. He\u2019s now known as the greatest diver of all time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Derek Redmond\u2019s Heartbreak<\/h2>\n

What a tearjerker! In 1992, British runner Derek Redmond<\/strong>, the favorite, tore his hamstring while running the 400-meter race in Barcelona, Spain. His father ran to the track to help the sobbing athlete cross the finish line as the crowd cheered on his resilience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla Maroney\u2019s Pout<\/h2>\n

Though heavily favored for the gold, gymnast McKayla Maroney<\/strong><\/a> slipped and fell during the landing of her second vault, thus earning her silver in London in 2012. Her unimpressed expression during the medals ceremony went viral \u2014 and she and President Obama<\/strong> later reenacted it at the White House!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sprinters Take a Stand<\/h2>\n

The now-iconic shot of sprinters Tommie Smith<\/strong> and John Carlos<\/strong>, who had won the gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter event, shows how they took a stand against racism with their salute during the \u201cStar-Spangled Banner.\u201d They were quickly expelled from the Mexico City Games in 1968, and both runners, as well as Australian silver medalist Peter Norman, who wore a human rights badge in support of the gesture, were penalized amid heavy criticism. (When Peter died in 2008, Tommie and John were pallbearers at his funeral.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Florence Griffith-Joyner<\/h2>\n

The late great Florence Griffith-Joyner<\/strong> set the world and Olympic records for the 200-meter sprint in Seoul in 1988 \u2014 and it still hasn\u2019t been broken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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