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Amazing Olympic Videos

Weller vs. Rezazadeh, Snatch, 2000 Olympics, Sydney Austraila

Handball 2004 Olympics Niksa Kaleb

Croatia took the gold during the 2004 Olympics held in Athens Greece. Down 11-12 at the half, they battled back as Niksa Kaleb scored to give Croatia the lead.

Flo jo 100 meter olympic final

In 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner changed the way that women competed in track and field. With her unorthodox sporting attire and her record breaking speed, she caught the eye of people around the world. Flo Jo was the favorite to win the 100m and 200 m dashes but would do a little more than that. During the Olympic trials, she destroyed Evelyn Ashford's world record of 10.76 seconds in the 100 with a time of 10.49. She would post the same results during the Olympic games in Korea running a 10.54, breaking the Olympic record as well but it would not going down in the books, claiming that it was wind-aided.

Kerri Strug 1996 Olympics Vault

During the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta Georgia the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic team was falling apart after Dominique Moceanu had fallen twice during her vault attempts. Kerri Strug fell on her first attempt injuring her ankle. Her second attempt would become one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history, as she landed the vault perfectly on one leg, saluted the judges then collapsed to the mat, sealing the gold with a score of 9.712.

Jesse Owens-1936 Berlin Olympics

Controversy surrounded the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics because Jesse Owens was allowed to participate during an era when segregation was the norm. Adolf Hitler was using the games to showcase Nazi German supremacy where Nazi propaganda promoted Aryan racial superiority and viewed other elasticities as inferior. But Owens shocked the world by winning four gold medals 100m run, 200m run, 4x100m run and the long jump, becoming the first player to win four gold medals at the Olympics.

200m men final 1968, Mexico City

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, won the gold and bronze medals in the men's 200-meter race, they were barefoot and wearing civil rights buttons as they took their places on the podium to receive their medals. As the Star Spangled Banner played the two men lowered their heads and each raised a black-gloved fist which symbolized the black power movement, sending shock waves around the world. IOC president Avery Brundage immediately responded by suspending them from the U.S. team and banned  them from the Olympic Village. Brundage felt that a political statement had no place in the international forum of the Olympic Games.