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On This Day: Sports Events and Records

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On This Day: Sports Events and Records
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A review of significant sports events that happened on this day:

2012: South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun broke the world record in London with 699 points.

2007: The Greek National Youth Team (U-19) lost in the final of the European Championship against Spain.

2000: Notis Mastrogiannis, a significant figure in Greek basketball and creator of the Pagrati basketball team, passed away.

2000: Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to win the Open Championship at St Andrews.

1998: Yugoslav football player and coach Zlatko Čajkovski passed away.

1997: Ronaldo made his debut with Inter Milan.

1996: Leonidas Kokkas won a silver medal in weightlifting at the Atlanta Olympics.

1996: Steven Redgrave became the fourth athlete to win a gold medal in four consecutive Olympics.

1993: Basketball player Reggie Lewis passed away.

1991: Football player Gino Colaussi passed away.

1986: Greg LeMond became the first non-European to win the Tour de France.

1965: Goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert was born.

1924: The 8th Olympic Games in Paris concluded.

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