TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 / MONUMENTS OF OLYMPIC CULTURE
ISOH President Christian Wacker examines Olympic Heritage and asks How can Olympic monuments be protected and preserved for posterity?
04 / SPORT FOR A WORLD OF PEACE
Richard Pound offers a personal reflection on the Olympic Congress held in Varna 50 years ago 10 THE 1948 OLYMPICS – I WAS THERE Stan Greenberg remembers a special day at Wembley Stadium which kindled the passion of a lifetime for athletics feats and Olympic records
14 / A COURTSHIP WITHOUT RESULTS – KORFBALL AND THE OLYMPICS
As the IOC prepares to decide on which sports will be admitted to the Olympic programme for Los Angeles 2028, Michel van Gent reviews korfball’s unsuccessful attempts to gain Olympic acceptance almost a century ago
24 / FROM WENLOCK TO PARIS – A HOP, STEP AND A JUMP FROM OLYMPIC GLORY
Wenlock Olympian Society archivist Chris Cannon tells the fascinating story of Harold Langley, a winner 100 years ago in Wenlock who represented Great Britain at the 1924 Paris Olympics
32 / ISOH MEMBER WINS BEST BOOK PRIZE 2023 AT INAUGURAL OLYMPIC & SPORTS LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Christophe Ait-Braham (President of AICO)
34 / WHERE IS THE HIPPODROME IN OLYMPIA?
Christian Wacker investigates the part of horses at the Games of antiquity
40 / WU GUANYING | 1955–2022: THE MASCOTS FOR THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
Markus Osterwalder remembers a remarkable Olympic designer
44 / INTERNATIONAL PIERRE DE COUBERTIN COMMITTEE HONOURS ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION
IPCC President Stephan Wassong how translating Coubertin’s memoirs will help spread Olympism in Africa and Asia
46 / HANGZHOU OPENS MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE THE ASIAN GAMES
Hou Kun explores a fascinating collection assembled to reflect the history of the Asian Games
50 / BIOGRAPHIES OF IOC MEMBERS
Our series records members co-opted in 2013
58 / OBITUARIES
Wolf Reinhardt and the team chronicle Olympic champions who have passed away
64 / NEWS
70 / BOOK REVIEWS
A wide range of publications include a new appraisal of the Games in ancient Olympia and a fascinating collection on ice sport.
73 / WHEN STAN MET JESSE
A unique photograph records an encounter with one of the very greatest
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