Afghanistan wins bronze medal

[adi B]

What was the event?

wrestling

[Lurker]

I thought that was the first :blink:

Khasaba Jadav won bronze in Wrestling at 52 Helsinki

[coffee_rules]

Another bit of Trivia is India lost the Bronze Medal match in Football (Soccer) in 1956 Melbourne Olympics.! Can you believe that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics

[Lurker]

Another bit of Trivia is India lost the Bronze Medal match in Football (Soccer) in 1956 Melbourne Olympics.! Can you believe that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics

Yep I do. Days of bare footed football playing. Days of PK Bannerjee and Chunni Goswami :yay:

[Vijay.Sharma]

Another bit of Trivia is India lost the Bronze Medal match in Football (Soccer) in 1956 Melbourne Olympics.! Can you believe that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics

I thought they were disqualified from playing the semifinal coz they didn't have shoes