Word: runners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...failed to produce a repetition of the embarrassment that occurred at Amsterdam in 1928 when debate about the sex of a Japanese broad jumper named Hitmoni did not end until she was ungraciously described in an official statement as "It." In Berlin famed Ted Meredith, onetime (1912) Olympic champion runner, now coaching Czechoslovakian girl athletes, related the sad case of his ablest sprinter, who qualified for the Olympics in record-breaking time, then decided to turn male. Said gloomy Coach Meredith: "I argued with her but lost the decision. She is now a male athlete. There are many cases like...
...Games of Berlin, celebrating the XIth Olympiad of the modern era." Trumpets sounded across the arena. On a flagpole, the Olympic Flag-white with five interlocking circles representing the five continents-was slowly raised. Outside the stadium, guns boomed. Atop the staircase at the East gate appeared the last runner of the 3,000 who had relayed the Olympic Flame from Olympia in Greece. He scampered down the steps, paddled across the arena, trotted up the west stairs to a platform, dipped his torch. The Olympic Fire flared up from its bowl and the Games were under...
Oath. After the ceremony of the Olympic Torch came the Olympic Oath. Gnarled old Spiridon Loues, Greek marathon runner who won the Olympic race in 1896, wobbled out of the ranks to present Herr Hitler with an olive branch. The 50 flag-bearers formed a semicircle in front of the reviewing stand. German Weightlifter Rudolf Ismayr mounted a tiny rostrum, recited through amplifiers so everyone could hear: "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship...
...felt hat. Climax was the Torch Relay from Olympia to Berlin which started fortnight ago, after the sun's rays had been used to kindle a fire in the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. At Paracin, Yugoslavia, last week, the flame went out when a runner got a defective torch which burned only two minutes. Faced with the absurd prospect of continuing the Torch Relay without a torch, he scrambled quickly into an automobile, rode on to the next relay point. Re-lit, the flame crossed the Hungarian border at 6 a. m., reached Budapest in the evening...
...months ago Runner Gene Venzke sold an article to the Saturday Evening Post, asked permission to accept a check for $400. The Amateur Athletic Union refused, said the Satevepost might donate the money to charity. Last week the A. A. U. named the charity: the U. S. Olympic Committee, which will pay $400 to get Runner Venzke to Berlin & back...