The Fastest Man on Earth: Barney Ewell and the Story of Two Missed Olympiads

Posted by on Mar 11, 2022 in | Comments Off on The Fastest Man on Earth: Barney Ewell and the Story of Two Missed Olympiads Who is the fastest sprinter of all time? Usain Bolt won eight Olympic gold medals between 2008 and 2016. He also secured 11 World Championships, and his world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres have yet to be broken. Before Bolt was Carl Lewis, winner of nine Olympic golds and 10 World Championships in the 1980s and 1990s. A generation earlier was Tommie Smith and Bob Hayes. Before Smith...
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A King Crowns the World’s Greatest Athlete

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on A King Crowns the World’s Greatest Athlete On a sun-drenched July afternoon in 1912, thirty thousand spectators thronged the closing ceremonies of the fifth Olympiad held that year in Sweden’s capital of Stockholm. The event was quite a spectacle, punctuated by pomp and circumstance befitting a royal pageant. The stadium, especially constructed for the games, was electric with excitement. As a chorus of four thousand voices filled...
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