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3 days ago · The Jamaican-born sprinter was the first Canadian to win the event since Percy Williams did it in Amsterdam in 1928. However, Johnson would be forced to give back his gold medal after testing...
2 days ago · De Grasse is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals in a single Olympics, bettering the two medals in a single Olympics that were won by Canadian sprinters Donovan Bailey and Percy Williams. His gold medal finish at the 2020 Olympics was the first Canadian Olympic gold in track in 25 years and the first in the 200 m in 93 years.
4 days ago · Percy Williams of Canada won both the 100- and 200-meter runs. Controversy arose in the women’s 800-meter run when several women collapsed from exhaustion at the end of the race; Olympic officials concluded that the distance was too long for women, and it was not until the 1960 Games in Rome that women were allowed to compete in a race of ...
21 hours ago · Percy Bysshe Shelley ( / bɪʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
4 days ago · 1979 New Year Honours. The New Year Honours 1979 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1979 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1979.
4 days ago · Nobel Prize - Physics, Discovery, Innovation: The table provides a chronological list of recipients of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
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5 days ago · The Rabbitohs halfback played in the club's grand final wins in 1931-32 and made his debut for NSW in the latter year. In 1934 he guested for Wests on the tour of NZ. Williams captained Souths in the mid 1930s and toured with the 1937-38 Kangaroos, playing in two Tests against NZ and two against England.
