Time: 2024-07-30
In 1932 , the 10th modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles . Monmouth Park celebrated its opening in 1870 with a five - day meet . Host Uruguay defeated Argentina 4 - 2 for soccers first World Cup in Montevideo in 1930 . Jerry Barber won the PGA title at Olympia Fields in Illinois by edging Don January by one stroke in 1961 . England clinched the World Cup by beating West Germany 4 - 2 at Londons Wembley Stadium in 1966.
In 1968 , Washingtons Ron Hansen executed an unassisted triple play in a 10 - 1 loss to the Cleveland Indians . The American softball team secured the gold medal by defeating China 3 - 1 in 1996 in the first Olympic softball competition . Bruce Jenner set the world record in the Olympic decathlon in 1976 with 8,618 points , breaking Nikolai Avilovs mark by 164 points . Michael Gross of West Germany established a world record in the 200 - meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.44 in Munich in 1984 . Houston pitcher J.R. Richard suffered a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome in 1980.
In 2009 , seven more world records were set on the fifth night of the world swimming championships in Rome , surpassing the total from the previous summers Beijing Olympics . Missy Franklin from Colorado won the womens 100 - meter backstroke in London in 2012 . Katie Ledecky smashed the world record in the 1,500 freestyle at the world swimming championships in Barcelona in 2013 , finishing with a time of 15:36.53 . North Korea claimed its first gold medal at the world aquatics championships in 2015 through 16 - year - old Kim Kuk Hyang in womens 10 - meter diving.
South African swimmer Tatjana Shoemaker set a new womens 200 m breaststroke world record of 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 . Ryan Lochte broke Phelp 's mark in the 200 - meter individual medley in 2009 . The Chinese women set a new 800 freestyle relay mark by more than two seconds . 16 - year - old Ruta Meilutyte became the first Lithuanian to win an Olympic swimming medal in 2012 . Kate Ziegler 's previous world record of 15:42.54 in 2007 was shattered by Katie Ledecky with a time of 15:36.53.
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