The Rings Cycle – Your Historic Sporting Fact of the Day from The Daily Constitutional in London
Thursday 2nd Swimming
In 1900 at the first Paris Olympics, the swimming events took place in the River Seine. Seven golds were up for grabs, including one for Underwater Swimming, an event in which local boy Charles de Vendeville was victorious.
The appeal to spectators of such an event must have been slightly less than riveting, and such a race never again featured at the Games.
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