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Tim McKee
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Tim McKee was born on March 14, 1953. He was a medley and backstroke swimmer from the United States. He won a silver medal in the 400 meters individual Medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics with a margin of 0.002 seconds to the winner. At the beginning, the scoreboard showed his as number one along with Larsson. He also came second in 400 meter individual Medley event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, after Rod Strachen.
He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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