Curiosity Corner

KNOW YOUR INITIALS
It’s HS this week
1: He lit up Croke Park many times, and on one occasion carried a flame there
2: He gave his name to a new entry in the Oxford Dictionary, and wasn’t too bad as a showjumper
3: Where the great Irish heavyweight boxer, Jack Sharkey, was born in Dundalk
4: His surname is easier to pronounce than his first name. A soccer player, he could be missing the partnership he had with HK
5: A former American golfer who had several wins on the PGA Tour. He wasn’t born in North County Dublin.......
6:.....but may have come up against this former winner of the British Open
7: He’s currently riding on the British National Hunt circuit
8: This is often the downfall of a team chasing several honours at the same time
9: Arguably Mexico’s best-ever footballer who played for Real Madrid
10: All races are decided on this part of the course

IT’S TRUE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS
Just when we thought it was only there for children to play on, trampoline was added to the Games’ schedule in 2000....
And still on gymnastics, The Munchin of Munich and The Sparrow of Minsk were nicknames given to multiple medal winner, Olga Korbut...
Zara Phillips would have completed a family treble in equestrian events had she been able to compete in the 2004 and 2008. An injury to her horse Toytown meant she couldn’t follow in the footsteps of her mother, Princess Anne, and father, Mark Phillips. The latter won Gold in eventing in 1972....
Lack of facilities in his home country of Suriname didn’t prevent swimmer, Anthony Nesty, from spoiling the party on Mark Bondi in Seoul 1988. Bondi was going for a sixth Gold when he was pipped by Nesty in the 100m butterfly. At the time, Suriname had just one Olympic-sized swimming pool....
Brimin Kipruto jumped to it at seven celebrations, winning the 3000m steeplechase for Kenya....
There was never a doubt about it. After winning the 100m at Beijing 2008, Usain Bolt said: “I came here to prove that I’m the best in the world, and I did it”....
Silver was the best long-jumper, Mike Powell, achieved at several attempts, but he was still able to break Bob Beamon’s 24-year world record at the 1991 World Championships...
The Games were earmarked for London in 1944, but were cancelled due to the War. Four years later they were staged there. In all, London has been the setting three times, the most recent on 2012 and the first in 1908. In the first celebration, the programme ran from April 27th to October 31st....
When Sebastian Coe won in Los Angeles 1984, he became first to retain the 1500m title...

FIND THE BOXER
Sturdy Boar Ham (3, 11)

SHE SAID
“He only played a couple of games, and Brendan won’t mind me saying that he wasn’t very good.” Róisín McAllister, secretary of the Shane Uí Néill’s GAA club in Co Antrim. The Brendan Róisín was talking about a decade ago, was the current Celtic manager. While he never looked a Gaelic prospect, Rodgers caught the eye in soccer, and was signed by Reading at 16 before Injury put an end to his playing career. He then took up management; and right now his team are in Scottish Premiership driving seat.

ANSWERS
Know Your Initials: 1 Henry Shefflin, 2 Harvey Smith, 3 Hill Street, 4 Heung-min Son, 5 Hal Sutton, 6 Henrik Stenson, 7 Harry Skelton, 8 Heavy Schedule, 9 Hugo Sanchez, 10 Home Straight. Find The Boxer: Amy Broadhurst.