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...Games in Mexico, the first time they had been allowed to field a team separate from West Germany's (although they were denied their own flag, emblem and anthem). This year at Munich, East Germany will have all the privileges of a full-fledged team. Its national anthem-Auferstanden aus Rui-nen-could conceivably salute as many victories as The Star-Spangled Banner or Gitnn Sovietskogo Soyuza. Last summer, in fact, the steadily improving East Germans bested the rest of Europe, including the Soviet Union, in track and field, swimming and rowing. At the winter Olympic Games in Sapporo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sportwunderland | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

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