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[Roy Tomizawa 29]

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/

[hckošice 16,641]

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

 

 

[dcro 10,211]

Last update came in 2016, but hopefully all is going well in Hiroshi Hoketsu's attempt to bridge 1964-2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

[heywoodu 16,468]

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

[Roy Tomizawa 29]

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 16,641]

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

[Roy Tomizawa 29]

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/

[Roy Tomizawa 29]

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

[hckošice 16,641]

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.

 

[Vojthas 949]

Historical moment for the Olympic Movement.