Roy Tomizawa 29 Posted April 7, 2019 #121 Share Posted April 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Vojthas said: I hope you weren't late to have a talk with Irena Szewińska. I was the lucky man to take photo with her just three weeks before she died. I never had the honor of talking with the great Irena Szewinska. I could only write about her accomplishments.https://theolympians.co/2017/09/24/irena-kirszenstein-szewinska-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-womens-track-stars/ Vojthas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,261 Posted April 7, 2019 #122 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Ah Toyko 1964. one of the most successful Olympics in history of Czechoslovakia, the TCH team won 14 medals, 5 them Gold and 3 of them from Artistic Gymnastics thanks the incredible and awesome Věra Čáslavská one of the most successful athletes of the games with 4 medlas 3+1 (Gold medals in All Around, Vault and Beam) + silver in Team event. Also memorable are nowadays rather "sci-fi" silver medals in Men s Football and Volleyball with teams including also Slovak athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted April 7, 2019 #123 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Last update came in 2016, but hopefully all is going well in Hiroshi Hoketsu's attempt to bridge 1964-2020 Tokyo Olympics. heywoodu 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted April 7, 2019 #124 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, dcro said: Last update came in 2016, but hopefully all is going well in Hiroshi Hoketsu's attempt to bridge 1964-2020 Tokyo Olympics. The one dressage story I really want to stay updated on hasn't been updated in three years, wonderful Edit: Actually, there was an update last year. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180723/p2a/00m/0sp/033000c Edited April 7, 2019 by heywoodu dcro 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Tomizawa 29 Posted April 8, 2019 #125 Share Posted April 8, 2019 17 hours ago, hckosice said: Ah Toyko 1964. one of the most successful Olympics in history of Czechoslovakia, the TCH team won 14 medals, 5 them Gold and 3 of them from Artistic Gymnastics thanks the incredible and awesome Věra Čáslavská one of the most successful athletes of the games with 4 medlas 3+1 (Gold medals in All Around, Vault and Beam) + silver in Team event. Also memorable are nowadays rather "sci-fi" silver medals in Men s Football and Volleyball with teams including also Slovak athletes Here is my article, one of three on Vera Caslavska. https://theolympians.co/2016/09/16/the-great-czech-gymnast-vera-caslavska-passes-away-part-1-the-gymnast/ hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,261 Posted April 8, 2019 #126 Share Posted April 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, Roy Tomizawa said: Here is my article, one of three on Vera Caslavska. https://theolympians.co/2016/09/16/the-great-czech-gymnast-vera-caslavska-passes-away-part-1-the-gymnast/ Very good one. Thanks for sharing She definitely is one of the two best all-times Czech athletes (during the Czechoslovakian era) together with Emil Zátopek. RIP legends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Tomizawa 29 Posted April 8, 2019 #127 Share Posted April 8, 2019 17 minutes ago, hckosice said: Very good one. Thanks for sharing She definitely is one of the two best all-times Czech athletes (during the Czechoslovakian era) together with Emil Zátopek. RIP legends These links are the first two of five articles I wrote on the great Emil Zatopek. https://theolympians.co/2017/01/23/the-greatest-distance-runner-of-all-time-emil-zatopek-part-1-the-boy-who-ran-and-ran/ https://theolympians.co/2017/01/24/the-greatest-distance-runner-of-all-time-emil-zatopek-part-2-the-lessons-of-pain-and-winning-the-5000-meter-finals-at-the-1952-olympics/ hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Tomizawa 29 Posted April 8, 2019 #128 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) For those interested in the 2020 Torch Relay, runners will be holding aloft a most exquisite torch.https://theolympians.co/2019/03/23/the-sakura-torch-an-olympian-vision-of-hope-and-beauty-in-2020/ For those interested in the torch relay in 1964, an incredible journey that brought the Olympic flame through the silk road, through north Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, here is my article: https://theolympians.co/2015/10/03/sharing-the-pride-of-the-tokyo-games-with-asia-the-1964-torch-relay-through-eurasia/ Edited April 8, 2019 by Roy Tomizawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,261 Posted April 8, 2019 #129 Share Posted April 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Roy Tomizawa said: These links are the first two of five articles I wrote on the great Emil Zatopek. https://theolympians.co/2017/01/23/the-greatest-distance-runner-of-all-time-emil-zatopek-part-1-the-boy-who-ran-and-ran/ https://theolympians.co/2017/01/24/the-greatest-distance-runner-of-all-time-emil-zatopek-part-2-the-lessons-of-pain-and-winning-the-5000-meter-finals-at-the-1952-olympics/ Awesome Very nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted April 17, 2019 #130 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Historical moment for the Olympic Movement. ahjfcshfghb, mrv86 and Olympian1010 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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