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PICS OF MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI
10 Interesting Facts About Dhoni

 MS Dhoni is the second Indian captain to win his first home and abroad test matches. As a
captain, he won his first home test against South Africa, and first abroad match at Hamilton
against New Zealand.
 MS Dhoni is a WWE fan and his favourite wrestlers are Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and Hulk Hogan
 Other than Cricket and Football, Dhoni was really fond of badminton as well.
 His long hairs during the initials years of his international cricket career were inspired by John
Abraham
 Dhoni, with his victory at Hamilton against New Zealand, became the first Indian captain to win
a test match in New Zealand after a gap of 33 years.
 Sachin Tendulkar recommended Dhoni as the captain of Indian Cricket team.
 He holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army. He is
second one to receive the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Before him, Kapil Dev
was conferred with the same rank in Territorial Army
 Dhoni was the first ever wicket-keeper in the history of Indian Cricket to lead the team in
test format. He was handed over the captaincy during the third Test match of the Border-
Gavaskar Trophy in 2008.
 Dhoni is also very fond of his pets. He has been often spotted spending time with them at
his farmhouse.
 MS Dhoni loves to have chicken and hot chocolate fudge
Images of Usain Boult
10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT USAIN
BOLT

 Usain Bolts’ famous ‘To Di World’ pose was introduced first during the Beijing Olympics
2008.It was an instant hit around the world. The pose is called ‘Bolting’. Usain Bolt does
it after every win on the race track. That pose is interpreted as a dedication to millions of
his fans who have prayed, urged and supported him to win.
 In the 2008 Beijing Olympic, Usain Bolt won the 100 m final with record breaking time
of 9.69 seconds. He did this while his shoelace was untied during running. And that is not
all, according to the studies made by the University of Oslo, Bolt could have finished in
9.60 seconds time, had he not slowed down to celebrate his obvious win before reaching
the finishing line.
 Cricket was Bolt’s first choice of sport. He was a fast bowler. It was while bowling that
his coach noticed his talent for athletics. Bolt really loved sports and being a part of it, so
when his cricket coach recommend him to switch to athletics, he happily went on to track
racing. In the past Bolt has voiced his lifelong admiration towards fast bowler Waqar
Younis back then he was an ardent supporter of the Pakistani Cricket Team. He also
heartily spoke of his admiration towards Chris Gayle, Sachin Tendulkar and Matthew
Hayden.
 Usain Bolt is a huge Manchester United fan. And he is very vocal about it. He had
expressed his desire to play for Man Utd when he retires. Back in .”
 Usain Bolt is one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet. He naturally attracts a
lot of endorsement deals. Bolt
 Usain Bolt has been breaking records throughout his running career. He is the first athlete to
have won both the 100 m race and 200 m race simultaneously. Also the first athlete to win 6
gold medals in sprinting. Bolt has been a very successful 200m runner, winning several titles to
his name. An eight-time World Champion in sprinting, Bolt had also created a record in 4X100
meter relay race. Bolt is the first man to achieve the ‘double double’ by winning both 100m and
200m games in 2008 and 2012 Olympics consecutively, as well as the ‘double triple’ which,
along with the 100m and 200m wins includes the 4X100m relay race.
 Usain Bolt along with Soul Electronics has launched two Bolt editions of ‘Run-Free’ in-ear
headphones. Apart from this, Bolt owns a restaurant named ‘Tracks and Records’ in Jamaica.
He also owns a clothing line, the Bolt Collection, which focuses on 3 target markets, one of
which is the signature line of polo shirts etched with his trademark ‘To Di World’ pose.
Images of Lionel Messi
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIONEL
MESSI!

 Messi was not very healthy and nutritious in his childhood days like the other boys around. He was
diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency which was stopping his normal growth rate at a tender age
of 11. His parents could not afford his treatment, which was $900 a month, which Barcelona paid for
after signing him.
 Lionel Messi comes middle-class Italian origin. His father, Jorge, was a steelworker, and he also
coached the local youth football team.
 He won an Olympic gold medal, along with the Argentinian football team, at the 2008 Olympic games
in Beijing.
 Messi is also the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
 Messi holds passports for both Spain and his native Argentina, and turned down an opportunity to play
with the Spanish national team because he sees himself as Argentinian, despite spending many of his
formative years in Spain
 In 2012, Messi became the all-time leading scorer for Barcelona in all club competitions,
at the age of 24!
 Lionel Messi currently holds the record for most goals and assists in El Clasico (Real
Madrid vs Barcelona) history.
 In 2012, Messi broke the record of  the most number goals scored in a calendar year,
which was previously held by Gerd Muller with 85 in 1972
 Lionel Messi became his country’s all-time top scorer when he scored in the Copa
America 2016 semi-final against the United States to take his international tally to 55
goals.
IMAGES OF LIN DAN
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIN DAN

 In the world of badminton, Lin Dan is one of the well-known. At the age of 35, he has
already accomplished so much. Here is his story. Lin Dan was born on October 14, 1981,
in Longyan Fujian, China.
 At the age of 12 years old the people’s libertarian army, sports team took Lin Dan under
their wings. This was done when he won the national junior championship. When he
turned 18, he started playing for China's national badminton team
 Lin Dan participated in the 2000 Asian Junior Championships and won both the team
and the boy’s singles event
 Lin became the first player to win all of the present major titles available to Asians in
badminton both in the individual and national teams in 2010.
 During the 2008 Olympics, Lin Dan won the gold medal for the men’s singles. He
played his heart out for that championship win. Then the 2012 Olympics came back.
Again he played hard, and that hard work paid off
 Lin was the first and only player to win all nine major titles in the badminton world: the
Olympic Games, All England Open, World Championships, Asian Championships, World
Cup, Thomas Cup, Super Series Masters finals, Sudirman Cup, and Asian Games
 Lin Dan was only able to make one appearance at the Badminton Asia Championships.
But due to his health issues he had to withdraw after reaching the third round. He was
unable to play all of the games.
 He is the first person to win the medal two times in a row successfully. Not only is he a
2-time Olympic champion but he is also a five times world champion
IMAGES OF MICHEAL PHELPS
INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT MICHAEL
PHELPS

Swimmer Michael Phelps is one of the greatest Olympic athletes of all time. He has won 18
gold medals in his career. That's more than any other Olympian. Michael Phelps also won
more gold medals in one Olympics, eight in 2008, than any other Olympian in history.
Michael did well at swimming from the start and was breaking records by the age of 10.
Michael swims a number of events and strokes including freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly.
In 2008 he medaled in the freestyle (200m) and butterfly (100m, 200m) individual and relay
events. He's also medaled in the medley events which require all 4 strokes.
World records are often broken, but at the end of the 2008 Olympics Phelps held 7 world
records and 1 Olympic record. World Records: 400 m individual medley 4:03.84 4 x 100 m
freestyle relay 3:08.24 200 m freestyle 1:42.96 200 m butterfly 1:52.03 4 x 200 m freestyle
relay 6:58.56 200 m individual medley 1:54.23 4 x 100 m medley relay 3:29.34
He received a $1M bonus from Speedo for winning at least 7 gold medals in one Olympics. At
15 years, 9 months he was the youngest male to break a world record in swimming.
INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MANPREET
SINGH

Manpreet represented India for the first time in a major tournament in the 2012 London Olympics.
In 2013 he led the junior national team, the same year he won the gold medal in the Men's Hockey
Junior World Cup and the 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup.
He won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and gold at the Asian Games in
Incheon.

Manpreet's national team continues to win gold. He won gold at the Asian Men's Hockey
Champions Trophy in 2016. The following year, in 2017, he was named captain of the national
team, and he led his team to victory in the Asia Cup that same year.
 Manpreet competed in his first Olympics in London 2012, where India finished 12th. In
2016, he competed in his second Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the Indian team
defeated Ireland and Argentina but failed to qualify for the semi-finals due to a loss to
Belgium.
PICTURES OF MANPREET SINGH