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  2. How do athletes avoid wedgies? And more Olympic questions you ...

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    Q: How do gymnasts avoid wedgies? A: Believe it or not, there’s a spray for that. Gymnast Nastia Liukin, the all-around gold medalist at the 2008 Olympics, told People.com in 2016 that some ...

  3. Starting blocks - Wikipedia

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    Generally most races of 400 meters or shorter allow athletes to use starting blocks. Most runners in the 800 meters at the 1956 Olympics used starting blocks from a waterfall (i.e. staggered) start. Modern blocks used for world records now must have sensors that detect the pressure from the athlete and can be used to time their reaction to the ...

  4. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    See English language idioms derived from baseball and baseball metaphors for sex. Examination of the ethnocultural relevance of these idioms in English speech in areas such as news and political discourse (and how "Rituals, traditions, customs are very closely connected with language and form part and parcel of the linguacultural 'realia'") occurs.

  5. Wedge (footwear) - Wikipedia

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    Light blue peeptoe wedge heels. Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the sole and the heel. This design dates back to ancient Greece. [1] Greek Actors used to wear these shoes to signify status.

  6. Early sports specialization - Wikipedia

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    [2] [6] [12] Among elite college athletes, early sports specialization is uncommon overall, but it is somewhat more common among youth playing individual sports than team sports. [7] [11] Elite US college athletes in swimming, diving, tennis, and fencing tended to specialize around age 12, compared to age 15 for athletes who play team sports. [7]

  7. Millions of Latinos will gather for the holidays. Some will ...

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    40% of U.S. Latinos say they hear family and friends make jokes or comments about other Latinos who cannot speak Spanish, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center study.

  8. Spain at the Paralympics - Wikipedia

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    Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics.Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two events in Rome and Tokyo.

  9. List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spanish female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1960, except for 1964 and 1968. [2] A total of 48 female gymnasts have represented Spain. Spanish women have won one medal at the Olympics – the 2004 floor exercise bronze, which was won by Patricia Moreno. [3] [4]