During the Depression in the 1930s, one part of society was booming. Track and field suddenly became hugely popular – above all, the mile run. Lynn Mc Connell here charts the period between the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the infamous Nazi Olympics in Berlin four years later. Its main figures are the New Zealander Jack Lovelock (who was also claimed by Britain), US racers Glenn Cunningham and Gene Venzke, Italy’s Luigi Beccali, Britain’s Jerry Cornes and Canadian-British Guianan Phil Edwards.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 239 ● ISBN 9781907524158 ● Publisher Sportsbooks ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2430792 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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