On this day
In 1909 in Tour de
France, François Faber of Luxembourg became the first foreigner to win the
cycling classic
In 1996, French
sprinter Marie-José Pérec won the 200m final at the Atlanta Olympics to become
only the 2nd athlete to win the 200-400m Olympic double (Valerie Brisco-Hooks
1984)
In 1996, American
athlete Michael Johnson won the 200m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record
19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200m-400m double
Andy Blignaut
Arnoldus
Mauritius Blignaut who was born on the 1st of August in 1978 is a
former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He was a
right-arm fast-medium bowler, also known as a hard-hitting batsman in ODIs,
where he frequently scored a fast rate. He more often played ODIs, where many
runs in a short time are desired, than Tests.
He played 64
ODI’s scoring 626 runs and took 50 wickets. He is the only bowler to take a
Test hat-trick for Zimbabwe.
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