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The American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 games hosted by Nazi
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
How an Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union turned into a battle
The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive
The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely
In 1976, the Dutch swimmer blazed the trail for future black athletes in swimming
The Czech discus thrower punished for falling in love with an American at the 1956 games.
Funded partly by the US rock band the new independent nation beat the former Soviet Union
