On this day

In 2004, South African 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend & Ryk Neethling smashed the world record with 3:13.17 at the Athens Olympics

In 2008, American breaststroker Rebecca Soni avenged her defeat to Leisel Jones of Australia in the 100m when she swims world record 2:20.22 to beat Jones in 200m at the Beijing Olympics

In 2008, There was an American 1-2 in the 200m backstroke at the Beijing Olympics with Ryan Lochte swimming a world record 1:53.94 to beat teammate Aaron Peirsol

In 2016, Thiago Braz da Silva of Brazil set an Olympic record 6.03m to win the men's pole vault gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games

Vijay Bharadwaj

Raghvendrarao Vijay Bharadwaj who was born on 15 August 1975) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He won the Man of the Series[1] award on his debut one day international series against South Africa in the LG Cup in Kenya in the 1999–2000 season.