List some of the notable athletic feats that occurred in the 1904 St. Louis Olympiad.

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Many athletic feats of note occurred in the 1904 St. Louis Olympiad. Boxing and freestyle wrestling made their first appearance as Olympic sports. American Oliver Kirk won two boxing titles in two separate weight classes: featherweight and bantam weight. Ramon Fonst, a fencer from Cuba, won three times and was celebrated as Cuba's first Olympic champion. Two of the marathoners, Len Tau and Jan Mashiani, from Botswana (Bechuanaland), are recognized as the first Africans to compete in the Olympics. These two men were part of an exhibit about the Boer War in Africa and simply decided to enter the marathon. Tau finished in ninth place and Mashiani finished twelfth.

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