The most games won by a pitcher at an Olympic Games tournament is 3 by Chieh-Fu Kuo Lee (Chinese Taipei) in 1992, Seth Greisinger (USA) and Omar Luis (Cuba) in 1996, and Ryan Franklin (USA) in 2000. In 2004, Adiel Palma (Cuba) tied the Olympic Games record by winning 3 games. His 3rd win came in the Gold Medal win vs Australia by the score of 6-2.
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Bonobos, primates similar to chimpanzees, which live only in the rainforests of central Democratic Republic of Congo, share 98.9% of their DNA with humans. This species, often called the ‘pygmy chimpanzee’, numbers no more than a few tens of thousands of individuals. Chimps share around 98.5% of DNA with humans.
Pygmies and the bushmen of Africa are the most genetically diverse people on Earth. For some genetic traits they have as many as 17 variations, where the rest of the peoples of Earth have only two or three. A possible explanation is that our oldest ancestors came from these regions, perhaps 200,000 years ago, and that not all of them left to spread around the world. Therefore the pygmies and bushmen represent the survivors of the original human population.
The USA won a record 931 gold medals at the Summer Olympics between 1896 and 2008. The USA is well ahead of the second-placed USSR, which earned 395 gold medals in 1952–1980 and 1988. This total does not include medals won by Russia (1908–1912), the Unified Team (1992) or the Russian Federation (1996–2008). Germany is third with 247 gold medals won through Germany (1896–1912, 1928–1936, 1952, 1992–2008), the United Team of Germany (1956–1964) and the FRD/West Germany (1968–1976, 1984–1988). This does not include medals won
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The most Olympic gold medals won is 14 and was achieved by Michael Phelps (USA) all in swimming. Phelps won six gold medals at the 2004 Olympics and eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, as of 17 August 2008.
The most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic men’s hockey final is 5 by Balbir Singh Sr. (India) in India’s 6-1 victory over Holland in the gold medal game of the 1952 Olympic Games. It was the fifth of six consecutive gold medal triumphs by India.
The most goals scored by a team in an NHL season is 446 by the Edmonton Oilers in 1983/4. The Oilers also achieved a record 1182 scoring points the same season.
The National Hockey League (NHL) record for most goals scored in a season by a left wing is 65 by Alex Ovechkin (Russia) playing for the Washington Capitols (USA) during the 2007-08 season.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most grand slam home runs hit in a game is 2 by 13 players, most recently Josh Willingham (USA) playing for the Washington Nationals (USA) against the Milwaukee Brewers (USA) on 27 July 2009.