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Olympics and Olympians

Post by Royal » Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:02 am

MORE BIZARRE OLYMPIC SUPERSTITIONS…

* Team GB high jumper and Aston Villa fan, Tom Parsons, never jumps without wearing his trusty football socks.

* Boxing star Amir Khan who clinched silver in Athens, always finds a quiet spot to pray before a big fight.

* Canoeist Helen Reeves, who won a bronze medal in 2004, said she always listened to the same three songs in a particular order: Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, Neil Diamond’s Forever In Blue Jeans and Seven Nation Army by White Stripes before competing.

* Artistic gymnast, 18-year-old Daniel Keatings, always wears a black sweatband on his left wrist and a white one on his right when he mounts the pommel horse.

* Paralympic rower Karen Cromie always wears her lucky striped knickers and socks.

* Triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards insisted on a brand new set of spikes for the final.

* Hockey player Crista Cullen straightens her hair before every match then puts her right shin pad on before her left.

* Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor played Pass The Pigs before every dive in Athens. Using tiny plastic pigs as dice, he would play until they all landed the right way up before competing.

* Paralympic gold medallist Danny Crates always wears his lucky dolphin charm on a chain around his neck during his 800m event.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/olympics/464 ... mpic-stars


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