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Great game, wonderful sportsmanship.
In the end the Italians had stronger nerves. For those who are not football fans, Italy is first finalist of Euro Cup. Toronto has large population of Italian descend and during successful tournament half of Toronto became Italians.
734. TMR Toronto 2021-Jul-06, P1500806. Uploaded 2021-Jul-07. Lmx -ZS100.
Golf is a good walk spoiled is a quote often attributed to Mark Twain though it's first recorded use is not until more than 30 years after his death.
However, my favourite golf quote is by Mark Twain -
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
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Wishing Brazil the best of luck in their World Cup Game against Germany today. I know that my friend, Michael, will be rooting for Germany, so to him I say, let the best team win. The World Cup is all about sportsmanship!
This weeks Macro Mondays theme is Summer Olympics sports.
Goals and outcomes. When I think of the Summer Olympics, these two words come to mind.
Athletes from all over the world come together once every four years to compete in these games, and all of them have goals. Whether those goals are to win a medal, represent their country with a display of good sportsmanship, or to achieve a personal best in their event, these athletes have put in many hours and even years to try and achieve these goals.
At the end of the competitions, there are outcomes. These outcomes occur based on many factors. Health, weather, concentration, stamina, and even the wind, can play a part in these outcomes.
These two drops are a reminder that some of the summer olympic sports were held in less than ideal environments, and may have affected some outcomes.
I would think that the goal of the pool caretakers would be to have pools filled with crystal clear water. Due to some algae, two of the event pools turned green.
Algae 2, pool caretakers 0.
HMM.
This image is of a horse and rider completing a jump over a hurdle. I composed it while visiting a show-jumping competition at Spruce Meadows, a world-acclaimed equestrian centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
In this competition, world-class riders and their horses must must complete a circuit of jumps over barriers of various heights, some over water, within a certain time. If any of the barrier elements are knocked off, 4 seconds are added to the rider's time. If a horse baulks at a jump on more than one occasion, the horse and rider are disqualified.
A wonderful exhibition of sportsmanship, featuring the superb athletic skills of both the rider and the horse.
Bultaco Metralla & Bultaco Shrapnel
The Bultaco Metralla was a motorcycle touring model manufactured by Bultaco between 1962 and 1979. Throughout its commercial life, several versions were produced, all with the same general characteristics: air-cooled single-cylinder two-cycle engine (initially of 200 cc and, since 1966, 250 cc), single cradle frame and conventional front fork and telescopic shock absorbers behind. As for the brakes, all the versions had drum except the last, which was equipped with disc brakes.
Among the different manufactured versions, the most successful was the second, launched in 1966 with the name of Mk2 Shrapnel. Qualified at the time as the world's fastest motorcycle series (within the sector of 250 cc), has often been considered the best road bike ever manufactured by Bultaco. With the Shrapnel, the brand covered a sector of growing demand in Spain during the 1960s and 1970s, that of high-performance sports motorcycles, hitherto mainly satisfied by the Montesa Impala and OSSA Sport. During those years, the Shrapnel was one of the motorcycles most appreciated by motorcycle enthusiasts and the mere fact of having one, gave its owner an aura of prestige, good taste and sportsmanship within this group.
Charlie has a new hobby. He saw some fly fishermen in their waders, so insisted on standing in the water with his Spider Man rain boots. Any little fish in the area of course didn't stick around long. He was excited to catch weeds, so it all worked out. He caught me a few times, himself once, and lost a couple hooks up in a tree.
Without access to my PC I'm trying to upload via the Android app, so forgive any unusual weirdness. Have a great weekend.
The Horsham silo art celebrates the life of Yanggendyinanyuk born in 1834 in Wotjobaluk country. His life featured extraordinary achievements in leadership and sportsmanship. The black cockatoo, on the adjacent flour mill, was his emblem.
than 50 preaching it :-) Knute Rockne
HBW!!
tricyrtis, toadlily, 'Imperial Banner', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
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Surely it is time to stop and think about how we are behaving in sports and what kind of example are we giving our children by cheating and rioting. Isn't sports all about playing, trying to win, yes, but also being able to lose gracefully. Sportsmanship is a hard lesson but one well worth learning and once learned it helps build character and strength for many other adversities in life!
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Jazzy's baseball updates concerning the Little League World Series at South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The teams left on U.S. and International teams
International championship will be played on ABC this
Saturday at 11:30 between China and Curacao
United States championship will be played on ABC
Saturday at 2:30 between undefeated Texas team
and California. That will be a repeat of an earlier game
last Monday when Texas came from behind to win.
On Sunday the winning teams from International and U.S.
play for the Little World Series title for 2023.
The Fargo Little League team arrived back this past
Wednesday and had a special event to sign baseballs
and meet fans and also sign prints of the the team.
This afternoon, after school, they were on a local radio show
for an hour learning what their experience was and
many other questions. This team was recognized for their
sportsmanship, kindness to other teams. The very first
team from North Dakota to make it all the way to the Little
League World Series which was an honor in itself!
Jazzy will update on results
Potato Days is going on and first year having a rodeo
Little League World Series update
International Champions for second year in a row Carribean
Curacao over China 2-0. Last year both teams played for
title and Curacao won 1-0.
United States Champions goes to the California team that played a flawless game and outstanding pitching from Louis
Lappe ( most of the game) and Brodie Brooks who also had home had runs. They came back to beat Texas with an outstanding performance and team effort.
Sunday Texas will play China and for the World Series
Little League Championship Texas will play Curacao.
Sunday afternoon.
For only the second time in their MLB careers, the Contreras brothers played against each other as starting catchers. Willson (#40) of the St. Louis Cardinals, greets his younger brother William of the Milwaukee Brewers. William got the better of his brother as he got a hit in the Brewers' 4-0 victory.
American Family Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
I was so proud of 19 year old Bianca Andreescu who showed great sportsmanship when she won by default against Serena Williams, who had to cede the match due to an injury. She felt for her illustrious competitor, Serena and approached her with respect and fellowship - an "old soul" indeed.
HBM! Have a seat and just enjoy the flowers, the view of the Humber Bay lighthouse and lake Ontario in Toronto.
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We spent a morning watching some of our friends kids at the Junior Rodeo. Not only were the kids fun to watch but they were polite, respectful and great sportsmanship was shown all day.
Playing with the 12-14 year olds in the summer league, ... and only 10!
A goal and a couple of helpers in game 1 and a goal and a couple of helpers in game 2.
San Siro premise:
we are at the end of the Serie A football championship
2024 - 2025 won by the Napoli team
yesterday the decisive matches took place while today
they are completed with other teams
if we want to talk about the team that has always
been in my heart and that I support I want to say the MIlan
trying to maintain an attitude consistent with
sportsmanship well last night the match took place at San Siro
Milan vs Monza won by Milan 2 to 0
result:
reason for the photos protests heard by the Curva Sud
against the management guilty of a failed management
of the team we hope for a rebirth
Forza Milan always,
life scenes
SDC-1370
n western Peloponnese, in the so-called "valley of the gods", Ancient Olympia grew to be the most celebrated sacred site of Ancient Greece, and the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the most important sports events in all antiquity: starting from 776 B.C., all Greeks – across the then known world – would be united every four years and all hostilities would be suspended so that everyone could take part in these games in the true spirit of sportsmanship. Olympia is now, as it used to be in the past, a famed destination, a powerful landmark known the world over.
The University of Florida and Ohio State University men's basketball teams shake hands after the 2007 men's basketball national championship game.
San Siro premise:
we are at the end of the Serie A football championship
2024 - 2025 won by the Napoli team
yesterday the decisive matches took place while today
they are completed with other teams
if we want to talk about the team that has always
been in my heart and that I support I want to say the MIlan
trying to maintain an attitude consistent with
sportsmanship well last night the match took place at San Siro
Milan vs Monza won by Milan 2 to 0
result:
reason for the photos protests heard by the Curva Sud
against the management guilty of a failed management
of the team we hope for a rebirth
Forza Milan always,
life scenes
SDC-1365
Piero's war
You sleep buried in a wheat field
it's not the rose, it's not the tulip
watching on you from the shadow of ditches
but it's a thousand red poppies (...)
Faber
La guerra di Piero - Fabrizio De André
La guerra di Piero
Dormi sepolto in un campo di grano
Non è la rosa, non è il tulipano
Che ti fan veglia dall'ombra dei fossi
Ma sono mille papaveri rossi (...)
Faber
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“A story exists only if someone tells it.”
TITIAN TERZANI
... this aphorism to introduce this photographic story, which begins in Germany close to the Second World War, to end tragically in Sicily: the main protagonist of this "photographic" story is of German origin, his name is Carl Ludwig Hermann Long (known as Luz Long), but this story could not exist without another great protagonist, American, his name is Jesse Owens. Let's start in order, Luz Long is a brilliant law student at the University of Leipzig, he represents the incarnation of the Aryan man, he is tall, blond, has an athletic physique, his great passion is the long jump, he is a natural talent, this allows him to enter in a short time among the best long jumpers of the time (so much so that he won third place at the 1934 European Championships); Long will be one of the favorites in the long jump at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, whose historical context is that of Nazi Germany which would soon unleash the Second World War, including the racial hatred that resulted in the extermination camps with the Holocaust. Luz Long is remembered both for his great sportsmanship gesture towards his direct American opponent Jesse Owens, who, thanks to Long's unexpected help, will win the long jump competition, thus winning the gold medal (one of the four gold medals he won), while Long finished second by winning the silver medal, but Long is also remembered for his sincere friendship with Jesse, free from hatred and racial prejudice. The Berlin Olympics represent an extraordinary propaganda to the ideals of the Third Reich, it is a very important historical moment to show the superiority of the Aryan race to the whole world; the sports facilities were built with the utmost care by the architect of the Nazi regime Albert Speer (with architectural references from Ancient Greece), the sporting event was about to turn into an ideological tool of the regime, the documentary film " Olympia" of 1938 was also shot for this purpose directed by Leni Riefenstahl (author of films and documentaries that exalted the Nazi regime), where many innovative cinematographic techniques were used for the time, with unusual and original shots, such as shots from below, extreme close-ups, to the platforms in the Olympic stadium to photograph the crowd. Hitler wanted to demonstrate the supremacy of the Aryan race with the Olympics, the Aryan athlete had to correspond to a statuesque stereotyped figure, tall, blond, athletic, fair complexion, blue eyes, Luz Long was the ideal incarnation of him. Forty-nine countries participated in the Olympics, a number never reached before; German-Jewish athletes were expelled from all sports; even African Americans were discriminated against in their country, but they were allowed to compete, even if in smaller numbers, one of them was called James Cleveland Owens, but everyone knew him as Jesse (due to an error of interpretation by the his professor); it was his athletic abilities that allowed him to achieve several records, an important moment was the meeting with Larry Snyder, a good coach, and so thanks to his victories he had the opportunity to compete in the Berlin Olympics: he will be the protagonist of the Olympic Games, a 23-year-old boy originally from Alabama, who in a few days will win 4 gold medals, the 100m race, the 200m race, the 4x100m relay race and the long jump race in which there will be the story that will be worth all the gold medals in the world with Luz Long). Let's get to the point, on the morning of August 4, 1936 Luz qualifies for the long jump final, for Owens the qualification takes place in conjunction with the races of 200 mt. plans, Ownes is engaged in both races, the simultaneity of the two events, and a different regulation between the European and the US one entails him two null jumps, the first jump he thought was a test to test the terrain (as per the US regulation) , instead it was a valid jump for the competition, the second jump sees him very demoralized and makes the worst jump of his life. the elimination is now one step away, but Long interprets with great depth of mind the psychic state of prostration of his direct opponent, he sees him transformed into a face, dejected, Luz approaches him in a friendly way and suggests him to disconnect 20-30 cm before the serve line (and shows him the exact point by placing a handkerchief right next to the platform, at the height of the ideal take-off point, even if not all those who report the event in their chronicles remember the detail of the handkerchief), but also exhorts him by telling him that a champion like him shouldn't be afraid to take off first for the jump: for Owens the third jump if it had been void would have meant his elimination from the competition (and the certain victory of Luz), but, thanks to the suggestion of a technical nature (and perhaps the laying of the handkerchief...), but also affective-psychological ( !) by Luz, Owens following the advice of his direct rival, makes a formidable jump, which allows him to qualify. Long is the first to congratulate Jesse, both on the occasion of qualifying and after him with his final victory, which will result in his fourth gold medal. A deep, true friendship is born between Long and Jesse, in the videos available of the time it is really exciting to witness their handshakes and their embraces in those first moments, under the stern gaze of the Führer, a friendship that will consolidate in the following days, making a habit of dating in the olympic village. After the 1936 Olympics, in 1939 he became a lawyer, in 1941 he married, shortly after his son Kai was born, in 1942 he was called up as an officer of the Luftwaffe and sent to the front line, in April 1943 he was assigned to the Herman armored division Göring and the following month he was sent to Sicily immediately after the Allied landing on the island (Operation Husky): Long dies at the age of thirty, he is in Niscemi with the armored division, and is thus involved in the fighting for the defense of the Biscari-Santo Pietro airport; the causes of death are not certain, the most plausible is that of an aggravation due to wounds sustained in combat against the Anglo-Americans, he was found by a fellow soldier on the side of a road, from here he was transported to the nearby field hospital, where he died on July 14, 1943. He was first buried in a temporary cemetery, then his body was exhumed and then transferred in 1961 to the German military cemetery of Motta Sant'Anastasia while it was still under construction, now it is there that Luz Long rests: crypt 2 “Caltanissetta”, plate E, his name engraved on the slate slab preceded by the rank “Obergefreiter-dR" (Appointed of the Reserve), followed by the dates of birth 27 IV 13 and of death 14 VII 43; it is what remains of Luz Long, one of the 4,561 German soldiers who died in Sicily during the Second World War and are buried here. In his last letter to his friend Owens, Luz magining its end near, he asks him to go to her son and tell him who had been his father; his friend Jesse did as requested and even went to his son's wedding. And Owens….? … Jesse returned to his homeland did not have the respect he deserved after winning 4 gold medals (!), Those were the times when black people were considered "second class" (!); indeed, although with a nod the fuhrer saluted him (as Owens himself declared), the behavior of the American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was unspeakable, he did not even deign to welcome the Olympic winner to the White House as tradition required (! ). Back in the United States, Jesse had to adapt to doing the most varied jobs, including being a boy at a gas station. To make a living he raced against horses, dogs and motorcycles, as a freak show; many years would pass before his value was recognized; he said «all the medals I have won could be melted down, but the 24-carat friendship that was born on the platform in Berlin could never be reproduced».
Postscript:
Long did not share the Nazi objectives and ideology, he was in complete antithesis with them, endowed with great sensitivity and profound nobility of mind, he was very far from the fanatical and cruel creed of Hitler's Germany, as demonstrated by the words he wrote in 1932 in a letter sent to his grandmother: “all the nations of the world have their heroes, the Semites as well as the Aryans. Each of them should abandon the arrogance of feeling like a superior race."
On his tombstone (as well as on others), under which his remains rest closed in a box, next to his name, today there are some small stones, they are small symbols, which recall the Jewish custom of leaving, instead of flowers, a pebble on the graves of the deceased, to demonstrate that his story has not been forgotten, it is a message of peace and brotherhood of which Luz was a promoter in life, his thoughts also reach us through his burial place, because, as stated on the plaque placed at the entrance to the German military cemetery of Motta Sant'Anastasia "the graves of the fallen are the great preachers of peace" (Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize).
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“La storia esiste solo se qualcuno la racconta.”
TIZIANO TERZANI
… l'aforisma per introdurre questo racconto fotografico, che inizia in Germania a ridosso della seconda guerra mondiale, per poi terminare in maniera tragica in Sicilia: il protagonista principale di questa storia “fotografica” è di origine tedesca, si chiama Carl Ludwig Hermann Long, detto Luz (meglio conosciuto come Luz Long), però questa storia non potrebbe esistere senza un altro grande protagonista, lui è statunitense, si chiama Jesse Owens. Iniziamo con ordine, Luz Long è un brillante studente di legge all'Università di Lipsia, rappresenta l’incarnazione dell’uomo ariano, è alto, biondo, ha un fisico atletico, la sua grande passione è il salto in lungo, è un talento naturale, ciò gli consente in breve tempo di far parte dei migliori saltatori in lungo dell’epoca (tanto da conquistare il terzo posto agli Europei del 1934); Long sarà uno dei favoriti nel salto in lungo alle Olimpiadi di Berlino nel 1936, il contesto storico è quello della Germania nazista che da lì a poco scatenerà la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, incluso quell’odio raziale che porterà ai campi di sterminio con l’Olocausto. Luz Long viene ricordato per un suo grande gesto di sportività verso il suo diretto avversario statunitense Jesse Owens: egli grazie all’inaspettato aiuto di Long, riuscirà a vincere la gara del salto in lungo, conquistando la quarta medaglia d'oro ! mentre Long arriverà secondo (con la medaglia d'argento), Long però viene ricordato anche per la sua sincera amicizia verso Jesse, scevra da odi e pregiudizi raziali, una vera rarità visto il contesto storico della Germania nazista. Le Olimpiadi di Berlino rappresentano una straordinaria propaganda agli ideali del Terzo Reich, è un momento importantissimo per mostrare al mondo intero la superiorità della razza ariana; le strutture sportive vengono realizzate con la massima cura dall’architetto del regime nazista Albert Speer (con riferimenti architettonici dell’Antica Grecia), la manifestazione sportiva diviene uno strumento ideologico del regime, a tale scopo viene girato il film-documentario “Olympia” del 1938, diretto da Leni Riefenstahl (che oltre ad essere attrice, regista, fotografa, diventa autrice di film e documentari che esaltano il regime nazista), nel docu-film delle olimpiadi vengono impiegate molte tecniche cinematografiche innovative per l'epoca, con inquadrature insolite ed originali, come le riprese dal basso, con primi piani estremi, l'utilizzo di binari nello stadio olimpico per riprendere la folla. Hitler vuole dimostrare attraverso le Olimpiadi la supremazia della razza ariana, l’atleta ariano deve corrispondere ad una figura stereotipata statuaria, deve essere alto, biondo, atletico, carnagione chiara, occhi azzurri, Luz Long rappresenta la sua incarnazione ideale. Alle Olimpiadi partecipano quarantanove Paesi, un numero mai raggiunto prima; gli atleti ebreo-tedeschi vengono espulsi da tutte le discipline sportive; anche gli afroamericani, sono discriminati nel loro paese, negli USA, però ad essi viene concesso di gareggiare, anche se in numero minore rispetto ai bianchi, uno di loro si chiama James Cleveland Owens, ma tutti lo conoscono come Jesse (per un’errore d’interpretazione da parte del suo professore, per tutti sarà sempre Jesse); sono le sue capacità atletiche a consentirgli di realizzare diversi record, un momento importante è l’incontro con Larry Snyder, un bravo capace allenatore; a Jesse grazie alle sue vittorie si presenta l’opportunità di gareggiare alle Olimpiadi di Berlino: sarà lui il protagonista ed il favorito dei giochi olimpici, un ragazzo di 23 anni originario dell’Alabama, che in pochi giorni si aggiudicherà ben 4 medaglie d’oro, la corsa dei 100, dei 200, la corsa a staffetta dei 4x100 e quella del salto in lungo nella quale ci sarà la nota vicenda con Luz Long che varrà tutte le medaglie d’oro del mondo, come dichiarerà Jesse molti anni dopo !). Veniamo al dunque, la mattina del 4 agosto 1936 Luz si qualifica per la finale del salto in lungo, per Owens la qualificazione si svolge in concomitanza con la gare dei 200 mt. piani, Ownes è impegnato in entrambe le gare, la contemporaneità dei due eventi, ma anche un diverso regolamento sportivo tra quello Europeo e quello Statunitense gli comportano due salti nulli, il primo salto egli pensa fosse di prova per saggiare il terreno (come da regolamento Statunitense), invece quello che effettua è un salto valido per la gara, col secondo salto le cose vanno ancora peggio, lui è profondamente demoralizzato e finisce col compiere il peggiore salto della sua vita, l’eliminazione è oramai ad un passo, però Long interpreta con grande profondità d’animo lo stato psichico di prostrazione del suo diretto avversario, lo vede trasformato in volto, abbattuto, Luz gli si avvicina con fare amichevole e gli suggerisce di staccare 20-30 cm prima della linea di battuta, gli mostra il punto esatto dove staccare poggiando un fazzoletto proprio di fianco alla pedana, all’altezza dell’ideale punto di stacco (non tutti coloro che parlano della gara riportano nelle loro cronache il particolare del fazzoletto), Luz incoraggia Jesse dicendogli che un atleta come lui non deve certo temere di staccare prima per il salto, qualche centimetro perso per lui che è un campione non è certo un problema !; per Owens il terzo salto è l'ultima possibilità di qualificarsi, se non dovesse farcela di sicuro la vittoria sarebbe di Luz ! ... però proprio in virtù del suggerimento tecnico-affettivo-psicologico (e forse anche grazie alla presenza del fazzoletto...) operato da Luz, Owens compie un formidabile salto che gli consente di qualificarsi. Long è il primo a congratularsi con Jesse, sia in occasione della sua qualificazione, sia dopo, quando ci sarà la sua vittoria finale. Tra Long e Jesse nasce una profonda, vera, grande amicizia, nei video disponibili dell’epoca è emozionante assistere alle loro strette di mano, ai loro abbracci durante la competizione, questo sotto lo sguardo severo e contrariato del Führer, amicizia tra i due che si consoliderà ancor più nei giorni successivi, frequentandosi nel villaggio olimpico. Dopo le Olimpiadi del 1936, nel 1939 Luz diventa avvocato, nel 1941 si sposa, poco dopo nasce suo figlio Kai, nel 1942 è richiamato alle armi come ufficiale della Luftwaffe e spedito in prima linea, nell’aprile del 1943 viene assegnato alla divisione corazzata Herman Göring, il mese successivo è inviato in Sicilia subito dopo lo sbarco degli Alleati sull’isola con l'Operazione Husky: siamo oramai all'epilogo, Long si trova a Niscemi con la divisione corazzata, viene coinvolto nei combattimenti per la difesa dell'aeroporto di Biscari-Santo Pietro, viene ferito, e poco dopo morirà, all'età di trent'anni. Le cause della morte non sono certe, la più plausibile è quella di un suo aggravamento dovuto alle ferite riportate nel combattimento contro gli Anglo-Americani, viene trovato ferito da un suo commilitone sul ciglio di una strada, da qui viene trasportato nel vicino ospedale da campo, dove morirà il 14 luglio 1943. Dapprima viene sepolto in un cimitero provvisorio, poi la sua salma viene riesumata e quindi trasferita nel 1961 nel cimitero militare germanico di Motta Sant'Anastasia mentre è ancora in costruzione, adesso è li che Luz Long riposa: cripta 2 “Caltanissetta”, piastra E, il suo nome inciso sulla lastra di ardesia preceduto dal grado “Obergefreiter-dR" (Appuntato della Riserva), seguito dalle date di nascita 27 IV 13 e di morte 14 VII 43; è quanto resta di Luz Long, uno dei 4.561 soldati tedeschi morti in Sicilia durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale e qui sepolti. Nell'ultima lettera all'amico Owens, Luz immaginando che il suo destino a presto si sarebbe compiuto, gli chiede di andare, a guerra finita, da suo figlio e dirgli chi è stato suo padre; l'amico Jesse farà quanto richiesto, anzi, andrà persino alle nozze di suo figlio.
Ed Owens che fine ha fatto….? … Jesse rientrato in patria non riceve dal suo Paese il rispetto che merita dopo aver vinto ben 4 medaglie d'oro (!), sono i tempi in cui le persone di colore vengono considerate dai bianchi di “serie B” (!); addirittura, sebbene con un solo cenno, il Führer saluterà Owens dopo le sue vittorie (lo dichiara lo stesso Owens), mentre il presidente americano Franklin Delano Roosvelt mostra un comportamento inqualificabile, non si degna di accoglierlo alla Casa Bianca, lui che è il vincitore olimpico, come invece prevede la tradizione (!). Tornato negli Stati Uniti, Jesse deve adattarsi a fare i lavori più umili e disparati, fa anche il garzone in una pompa di benzina. Per guadagnarsi da vivere gareggia contro cavalli, cani e motociclette, come fenomeno da baraccone; passeranno molti anni prima che gli venga riconosciuto il suo reale valore; egli ebbe a dire parlando di Luz Long «si potrebbero fondere tutte le medaglie che ho vinto, ma non si potrebbe mai riprodurre l’ amicizia a 24 carati che nacque sulla pedana di Berlino».
Post Scriptum:
Long non condivideva gli obiettivi e l'ideologia nazisti, lui era in completa antitesi con esse, essendo dotato di grande sensibilità e profonda nobiltà d’animo, lui era lontanissimo dal credo fanatico e crudele della Germania di Hitler, lo dimostrano le parole che egli scrisse nel 1932 in una lettera inviata a sua nonna: “tutte le nazioni del mondo hanno i propri eroi, i semiti così come gli ariani. Ognuna di loro dovrebbe abbandonare l’arroganza di sentirsi una razza superiore".
Sulla sua lapide (così come su altre), al di sotto della quale riposano i suoi resti chiusi dentro una cassetta, accanto al suo nome è posta oggi qualche piccola pietra, sono dei piccoli simboli, che ricordano l’usanza ebraica di lasciare, al posto dei fiori, un ciottolo sulle tombe dei defunti, per dimostrare che la sua storia non è stata dimenticata, è un messaggio di pace e di fratellanza del quale Luz è stato promotore in vita, il suo pensiero ci giunge anche attraverso il suo luogo di sepoltura, perché, come riporta la targa posta all’entrata del cimitero militare germanico di Motta Sant’Anastasia “i sepolcri dei caduti sono i grandi predicatori della pace” (Albert Schweitzer, premio Nobel per la pace).
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Jesse Owens e Luz Long, un'amicizia più forte della guerra
La Grande Storia CampioniJESSE OWENS LUZ LONG mp4
Greatest Olympic Moment Gone with the Winds
Luz Long a Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT), TG1, cimitero dei tedeschi, Jesse Owens e Adolf Hitler
Jesse Owens e Luz Long, quando Berlino '36 diventò fratellanza
FEDERICO BUFFA RACCONTA JESSE OWENS BERLINO 1936
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Race Movie CLIP - Sportsmanship (2016) - Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis Movie HD
Race extrait 2 beers with Luz Long
Race Movie 2016 100m Sprint 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Race Movie CLIP - I See It Coach (2016) - Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis Movie HD
| RACE || MOVIE FIRST SCENE BETWEEN JESSE OWENS AND HIS COACH
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A Motivational Video - Race hollywood movie scene | Motivational Video for students | Dreams
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We're back, we went 2 and 2, and came home Friday. The neverending baseball season is finally over. They represented the state well, and had an experience of a lifetime. They made us so proud with their play, their heart and their sportsmanship. {{excuse the mommy gushing :c) }}
.....and now we can concentrate on football!!! woohoo!
Flynn would be an excellent little goalkeeper! He loves springing right & left, right & left, in anticipation of a toy being thrown towards him. His back legs often barely move, he just twists, darting from side to side, moving his front legs one way & then the other, ready to spring. I try to trick him into missing, by switching which direction I aim the toy in & pretending to throw it several times, before actually letting go, but Flynn has super fast reflexes & rarely falls for my diversion tactics!
Sometimes, if I throw a small ball really fast & low to the ground, I can get it to slip right between his paws... but often Flynn realises what I've done & even if he can't *quite* reach down & grab it in his mouth in time, he traps it by simply lying on top of the still rolling ball ;) When he's standing directly opposite me, it's hard to get anything past him!
I do occasionally try to make Flynn have to actually *chase* a toy by throwing it behind me, away from him... Flynn however seems to think this is bad sportsmanship. Sometimes he will humour me & chase after it, but often, he just stands there & we both watch it roll back the way we've come until it comes to a stop & Flynn stares up at me, as though to say "you scored an own goal there, Hooman... You can go get it! I'm not running back that way!".
*Working Towards a Better World
I believe in sportsmanship and it should not be the end of the world to Brazil that they lost the World Cup. Show your strength, lose gracefully! This is the end of an era, which is part of our history. Move on and work towards becoming a better team, with the will to succeed you can come back and stronger still! I love you Brazil!
A diverse group of men back enjoy an afternoon of recreational football (or soccer as it is called in the United States). Lopez Ridge Recreational Park, Mira Mesa, San Diego, California, USA
I don't think I'll ever tire of these edits that show the beauty in the sequential motions during a pitch.
San Siro premise:
we are at the end of the Serie A football championship
2024 - 2025 won by the Napoli team
yesterday the decisive matches took place while today
they are completed with other teams
if we want to talk about the team that has always
been in my heart and that I support I want to say the MIlan
trying to maintain an attitude consistent with
sportsmanship well last night the match took place at San Siro
Milan vs Monza won by Milan 2 to 0
result:
reason for the photos protests heard by the Curva Sud
against the management guilty of a failed management
of the team we hope for a rebirth
Forza Milan always,
life scenes
SDC-1362
This work was done in collaboration with my son-in-law, Reggie Breton, whose photo I have used with his permission. It is part of my theme Working Towards a Better World. I believe that sports are an essential part of a child's life, they teach them sportsmanship, discipline, the will to win. Participation in sports improve fitness and give children a positive code of ethics, learning perseverance and determination, they learn about failure and how to cope with losing at the same time learning from the experience. Sports teach management skills, concentration, handling pressure and give an outlet to their constant physical energy.
Friendly rivals.
Wouldn’t the whole world be better off with more of this?
Happy 21st Birthday, Flickr!
Explore no.391, 9 Feb 2025.
n western Peloponnese, in the so-called "valley of the gods", Ancient Olympia grew to be the most celebrated sacred site of Ancient Greece, and the birthplace of the Olympic Games, the most important sports events in all antiquity: starting from 776 B.C., all Greeks – across the then known world – would be united every four years and all hostilities would be suspended so that everyone could take part in these games in the true spirit of sportsmanship. Olympia is now, as it used to be in the past, a famed destination, a powerful landmark known the world over.
Gear up like an Olympic Athlete with the new GOATZ Tokyo 2020 oufit featuring the Olympic Mascot Miraitowa. The name MIRAITOWA is based on the Japanese words "mirai", meaning “future”, and "towa", meaning “eternity”, representing the wish that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will lead to a future of everlasting hope in the hearts of everyone around the world. Don´t forget that The Olympic spirit is about sportsmanship, personal sacrifice, and an unyielding will to reach your goals. Another person's success is no reason to give up or envy. Instead, it's a source of motivation to keep going and try to improve every day. The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.