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 […]
“No Excuses” – American Hurdler Glenn Davis
In the hot, dry summer of 1952, Barberton, Ohio, revealed itself to an orphaned boy as a tough, honest city; a show-me place where […]
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