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12 July 2023 - 22:21
1908 — The first Olympics to feature a South African team kicks off in London. With only 13 athletes, SA has the second-smallest team after Austria with nine. UK had 226 athletes, ahead of Denmark (126), Sweden (111), US (68), Finland (64) and Germany (61). In total there were only 18 nations. Still, SA went on to win a gold and a silver...
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