Olympic Trivia in Japan
Aug 7, 2016 16:39
Rio Olympic Games began yesterday.
Today, I'd like to talk about some Olympic trivia related to Japan.
In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympic for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
In the Amsterdam Summer Games in 1928, Japan got the first gold medal in a triple jump.
Also, recent Japanese medalists often take a picture while biting the medals.
(The first person to bite a medal was Armstrong, which won the men's swimming 200 m free style in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988. It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal is to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
There are pros and cons about the biting act, but Japanese Olympic Committee decided officially that biting medals is a prohibited act from the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
Today, I'd like to talk about some Olympic trivia related to Japan.
In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympic for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
In the Amsterdam Summer Games in 1928, Japan got the first gold medal in a triple jump.
Also, recent Japanese medalists often take a picture while biting the medals.
(The first person to bite a medal was Armstrong, which won the men's swimming 200 m free style in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988. It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal is to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
There are pros and cons about the biting act, but Japanese Olympic Committee decided officially that biting medals is a prohibited act from the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
日本におけるオリンピックの雑学
昨日、リオオリンピックが始まりました。
今日は、日本におけるオリンピックの雑学を幾つか紹介します。
日本が初めてオリンピックに参加したのは、1912年のストックホルム夏季大会で、競技は陸上男子のみでした。
日本人初の金メダルは、1928年のアムステルダム夏季大会で、競技は三段跳びです。
また、最近の日本人選手の間では、メダルを獲得するとかじって写真を撮ることが恒例になっていました。
（一番最初にメダルを噛んだのは、1988年のソウルオリンピックの男子水泳200ｍ自由形で優勝したアームストロング選手であり、本物の金かどうかを確かめるためだったと言われています。）
メダルをかじる行為については賛否両論ありますが、日本オリンピック委員会は、2014年のソチ冬季オリンピックからメダルを噛むこと公式に禁止したそうです。
昨日、リオオリンピックが始まりました。
今日は、日本におけるオリンピックの雑学を幾つか紹介します。
日本が初めてオリンピックに参加したのは、1912年のストックホルム夏季大会で、競技は陸上男子のみでした。
日本人初の金メダルは、1928年のアムステルダム夏季大会で、競技は三段跳びです。
また、最近の日本人選手の間では、メダルを獲得するとかじって写真を撮ることが恒例になっていました。
（一番最初にメダルを噛んだのは、1988年のソウルオリンピックの男子水泳200ｍ自由形で優勝したアームストロング選手であり、本物の金かどうかを確かめるためだったと言われています。）
メダルをかじる行為については賛否両論ありますが、日本オリンピック委員会は、2014年のソチ冬季オリンピックからメダルを噛むこと公式に禁止したそうです。
No. 1 lang8alligate
- Today, I'd like to talk about some Olympic trivia related to Japan.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympic for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
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In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympic for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
do people say an olympic? I would just say "participated in the Olympics"
- In the Amsterdam Summer Games in 1928, Japan got the first gold medal in a triple jump.
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In the Amsterdam Summer Games in 1928, Japan got its first gold medal in a triple jump.
"the first gold medal" would mean it was the first gold medal won for the triple jump.
- Also, recent Japanese medalists often take a picture while biting the medals.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- (The first person to bite a medal was Armstrong, which won the men's swimming 200 m free style in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal is to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
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It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal is to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
'that the reason why" sounds weird to me... either "it is said that the reason he bit..." or "it is said the reason why he bit..."
- There are pros and cons about the biting act, but Japanese Olympic Committee decided officially that biting medals is a prohibited act from the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
- There are pros and cons to biting, but Japanese Olympic Committee decided officially that biting medals is a prohibited act from the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
Toru
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :)
> do people say an olympic?
No, I didn't know how to say it in English. (Japanese people say just "オリンピック" (Olympic) with no articles.)
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :)
> do people say an olympic?
No, I didn't know how to say it in English. (Japanese people say just "オリンピック" (Olympic) with no articles.)
No. 2 outdoors
- Olympic Trivia in Japan
- Japanese Olympic Trivia in Japan
- Rio Olympic Games began yesterday.
- The Rio Olympic Games began yesterday.
- In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympic for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
- In the Stockholm Summer Games in 1912, Japan participated in an Olympics for the first time, and the event was men's track and field.
- Also, recent Japanese medalists often take a picture while biting the medals.
- Also, recent Japanese medalists often have their pictures taken a picture while pretending to bite the medals.
- (The first person to bite a medal was Armstrong, which won the men's swimming 200 m free style in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.
- (The first person to bite a medal was ____Armstrong, who won the men's swimming 200 m freestyle in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.)
- It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal is to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
- It is said that the reason why he bit his gold medal was to check whether or not the medal was real gold.)
- There are pros and cons about the biting act, but Japanese Olympic Committee decided officially that biting medals is a prohibited act from the Sochi Winter Games in 2014.
- There are pros and cons about the to biting medals act, but the Japanese Olympic Committee officially decided at the Sochi Winter Games in 2014 that biting medals is a prohibited act from .
Toru
Thank you so much for correcting my post! (^^)
Thank you so much for correcting my post! (^^)