Searching for Fritzi
Mike Ramsey learned German during the war listening to Adolf Hitler’s speeches. His dad had bought him a short wave radio and he got interested in figuring out what the lunatic Führer was saying. […]
Africa’s First Encounter With The Olympic Games In … 1904
South Africa’s official participation in the Olympic Games spans a period from 1908 until 1960, and again from […]
Asia’s First Female Olympian – Kinue Hitomi
The Meiji Revolution of 1868 brought sweeping changes to the fabric of Japanese life, but it was not until some fifty years later that these […]
Kitei Son and Spiridon Louis – Political Dimensions of the 1936 Marathon in Berlin
On the 15th of November 2002 the Olympic marathon champion of 1936, Kitei SON, died in Korea at the age of […]
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