View Full Version : Cyclists receive gold medals -- 60 years late
TheCoz
June 8th 10, 07:20 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/sp_wl_afp/cyclingoly1948bel_20100608112442
So was there a reason why the team was not notified by the Olympic
committee by mail or telegram?
Coz
z, fred
June 9th 10, 02:14 AM
TheCoz wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/sp_wl_afp/cyclingoly1948bel_20100608112442
> So was there a reason why the team was not notified by the Olympic
> committee by mail or telegram?
> Coz
Or carrier pigeon?
Davey Crockett[_5_]
June 9th 10, 02:31 AM
TheCoz a écrit profondement:
| http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/sp_wl_afp/cyclingoly1948bel_20100608112442
| So was there a reason why the team was not notified by the Olympic
| committee by mail or telegram?
| Coz
Things were not overly organized back in those days as I remember.
Perhaps Rogge either discovered the ommission, or knew about it from
some other source, and used his position as President to correct an
ancient omission.
Good for Rogge.
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Davey Crockett
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