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CNN's Becky Anderson looks at the history of the Olympic Games in London.
So - okay - the Princess of Wales's intervention into the Marathon is only a "story"... Apologies to Bob Wilcock. :) 
Blog about learning about the long bow used by Queenie Newall, the gold medal winner of women's archery in 1908. LORD DESBOROUGH'S SPORTING LEGACY An exhibition celebrating Lord Desborough, the owner of Taplow Court 1866 to 1945, known as 'the best all-round sportsman' ... 
Take a step back in history to the first time the Olympics came to London. 
Nice, unusual pictures from the 1908 Games. 
The Columbian Exposition, popularly known as the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, was a magical event that inspired & introduced the world to some of its greatest inventions. It was also the playground for America's first serial killer... 
The British sense of humour - 1908 Bystander cartoon commenting on the London Olympics. 
Lottie Dod was in her thirties when she competed in the archery contest at the 1908 London Olympics. (I wonder what they called the cap she's wearing.) 
Miss Sybil Fenton 'Queenie' Newall, winner of the 1908 Olympic ladies Archery event. Winning 4 months short of her 54th birthday, she still holds the record as the oldest woman to win an Olympic gold medal. The Olympic project of London 2012 insults the public-spirited legacy of The Festival of Britain and. 
This edited article about sport originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 897 published on 31 March 1979. Dorando Pietri, picture, image, illustration. A disoriented and exhausted Dorando Piteri was assisted over ... London 2012 Olympics: Great Britain take boxing and fencing golds in week of test events - Telegraph
In London 1908 the British Olympics boxers did pretty well too – the Edwardian Team GB won bronze, silver and gold in the Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight and Heavyweight classes. But then in the first London Olympics of 1908, things were rather loaded in favour of the hosts. Of 42 boxers competing, 32 of them were British. Only 2 Danes, 7 Frenchmen and an Australian stood against them. Qudos to the sole Australian - the legendary Reginald “Snowy” Baker – who managed to break the GBR stranglehold by winning silver in the Middleweight class. |
The National Archives have placed online hundreds of historic images and documents related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games... 
Hundreds of documents from the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made available online by the National Archives. 
Take a step back in history to the first time the Olympics came to London. VISITA IL NOSTRO SITO http://www.bludirect.it/BluDirect/HOME.html... 
Good to see Lord Desborough getting a proper mention at last - but why no picture of the poor man? 
Baker was also prominent at polo, water polo, cricket and diving, and proficient in surfing, fencing, hockey, rowing, yachting and equestrian events. He appeared at the 1908 London Olympics, representing Australasia in the ... 
London has hosted the Olympic Games on two past occasions, in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Summer Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of ... 
london 1908 Olympic Games video highlights, photos, results, gold medals, medalists,athletes, schedule, news and greatest moments. Lottie Dod (1871-1960) - The first teenage tennis prodigy Blast from the Past... Another British archer - who won silver in the Ladies' Archery event in the 1908 Summer Olympics. 
Cycling: London Olympics 2012... GB cyclists were top in the 1st London Olympics in 1908. Despite the weather being 'the reverse of pleasant. As a matter of fact, it was the rule rather than the exception for the track to be flooded.' Riding outside on a concrete track, team GB won 5 gold medals, 3 silvers and 1 bronze medal. 
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British Olympic Marathon team selection in 1908, from Track Stats... |
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