On being handed the 1924 Paris Olympic medals, second-in-command Strutt made his heartfelt pledge.
That decision would culminate in three Olympic medals two gold and one bronze in the 400-meter hurdles.
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Phelps will be back in London looking to add to his 16 overall Olympic medals.
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Going to the Olympics has no influence on the number of Olympic medals won.
From 1928 through 1980, India won 11 consecutive Olympic medals in field hockey, including eight gold medals.
As he points out, China ranked a distant eleventh for Olympic medals at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
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It is a country that needs much more than Olympic medals - education, health and infrastructure for instance.
The Americans have won more Olympic medals in wrestling than any other country.
He also has three silver Olympic medals and one bronze to his name.
The host nation said Wednesday that its aim is to win at least 48 Olympic medals, reports the AP.
There is a bimodal distribution of countries that are enthusiastic about winning Olympic medals: They are either populist or ideological.
Two world championship bouts will take place at the "Fists of Gold" event so named for Mr. Zou's pair of Olympic medals.
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Modern gold Olympic medals are plated with about six grams of gold, while the runners up medals are struck from pure silver.
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Since 1976, twelve lifters, all but one of them from Eastern Europe, have been stripped of Olympic medals owing to drug use.
Great Britain had secured five Olympic medals coming into the fifth day of the Games, and none of them were gold.
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Phelps cemented his legacy Tuesday, when he became the most decorated Olympian ever with 19 Olympic medals one more than Russian gymnast Larissa Latynina.
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It wasn't until 1986 that boxing was allowed again after authorities realized its many weight classes could aid the country's pursuit of Olympic medals.
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With Americans glued to their TV sets watching U.S snowboarders snag Olympic medals, one might assume that ski stocks are catching some serious air.
In particular he mentioned complaints in the media about private school pupils achieving better exam results, better jobs and more Olympic medals than state pupils.
Josef Capousek, credited with achieving 156 World Championship and 31 Olympic medals over the last 30 years, worked with China in the build-up to Beijing.
Great Britain finished 10th in the 2004 Olympic medals table, but will be looking to place behind only Russia, China and the USA on home soil.
Earlier this year, the Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe, holder of nine Olympic medals made world-wide news by re-entering the pool with his sights set on London.
Jones, winner of a record five Olympic medals in Sydney three years ago, had started training with Francis after dropping her long-time coach Trevor Graham last month.
And when you have more Olympic medals than anyone else in history AND you already have long-term endorsement contracts, then you can get caught smoking pot too.
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When the 2012 Olympic Games kicked off, all eyes were on Michael Phelps, as fans wondered whether he could break the all-time record for career Olympic medals.
When people used to routinely mock synchronized swimmers for their peacock makeup and matching nose clips, the nation's top competitors in the sport held a trump card: Olympic medals.
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However, remember that this time last year Tasha Danvers and Germaine Mason were each regarded as no better than potential finalists, yet both went on to win Olympic medals.
Isam Mohamed El-Hajj Hassan, known to his fans as Karabino, returns from Japan with two Olympic medals in his sights -- hopefully as early as the Rio De Janeiro games in 2016.
Larissa Latynina, a gymnast for the former Soviet Union, still holds the record for the most Olympic medals: 18 (9 of them gold) won in the '56, '60 and '64 Games.
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