Nina Ponomareva, First Soviet Olympian to Take Gold, Dies at 87
Ms. Ponomareva led a strong women’s discus contingent when the Soviet Union made its first appearance in the Olympic Games, in the 1952 Helsinki Games. [Source]
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Category: Olympic Games
Topics: Games, Soviet, Ponomareva, Helsinki, Olympic, appearance, first, Union, contingent, discus, women’s, strong, Olympian, First
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