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On This Day - 8 July

08 Jul 2021

     

1923 - Birth of America Olympic athlete Harrison Dillard. He won gold medals in 110 m dash and high hurdles in 1948 and 1952. Dillard is the only male runner in history to win Olympic gold in both a dash and the high hurdles. He took the hurdles in the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki, and ran on winning relays in both 1948 and 1952. He died at the age of 96, on 15 November 2019

[caption id="attachment_148222" align="alignnone" width="213"] Birth of America Olympic athlete Harrison Dillard, the only male runner in history to win Olympic gold in both a dash and the high hurdles[/caption]

1972 - Sourav Ganguly, who was born today, was first an elegant stroke-player who struggled on the periphery. He was captaining India and went on to become the country’s most successful leader - until Mahendra Singh Dhoni came along. Ganguly masterminded India’s miraculous come-from-behind triumph against the all-conquering Australians in 2001 and set the tone for India’s next series down under with an outstanding 144 in Brisbane. He put together a new-age Indian team, leading India to the finals of the World Cup in 2003, a drawn series in Australia, and a famous Test and ODI series win against Pakistan in 2004

[caption id="attachment_148223" align="alignnone" width="269"] At the dawn of the new millennium, Sourav Ganguly put together a new-age Indian team as an aggressive Captain[/caption]

1978 - Björn Borg of Sweden wins third consecutive title at Wimbledon. He went on to win two more in the next two years to become the first man to win the Wimbledon singles championship five successive times (1976-80) since Laurie Doherty (1902-06)

1981 - Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player, is born in Moscow, Russia. She won her only Grand Slam title and defeated Elena Dementieva in the final 6-1, 6-2 to win the women’s singles tennis title at the 2004 French Open. She became the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam (major) title

1991 - Virgil van Dijk, the Dutch footballer was born in Breda, Netherlands. The centre-back was an integral part of Liverpool who lifted the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League title in 2019/20

1991 - Devon Conway, New Zealand batsman is born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He became the seventh batsman in history to score a double century on Test debut when he made 200 against England this year (2021)

1996 - Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in ladies’ doubles

[caption id="attachment_148224" align="alignnone" width="300"] Martina Hingis became the youngest person in history (15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in ladies’ doubles[/caption]

2007 - Roger Federer wins men’s singles at Wimbledon for the fifth time in a row. He beat Rafael Nadal in the final 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2. With this win Federer equalled Bjorn Borg’s Open Era (since 1968) record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles

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