It may come as a surprise to hear, but Olympic medals weren't always handed out for sports achievements. Irish man Jack B Yeats' painting titled The Liffey Swim won a silver medal in the arts and ...

Jack entered with his painting titled the Liffey Swim. He also entered Before the Start which was an oil painting depicting three jockeys before a horse race. Interestingly, the only other medal ...

For many competitors this swim was their ninth qualifying swim for the upcoming Liffey swim and therefore ... silver and bronze medal winners in the many individual categories, two of which ...