Tumbling was a gymnastics event at the 1932 Olympic Games. Here is a video of the only Olympic Champion, Rowland "Flip" Wolfe of the United States, demonstrating some of his tumbling routines. His key move was the backflip with a double twist. He became the youngest ever male Olympic gymnastics champion – he was 17 years and 307 days old.
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Olympic Tumbler Rowland Wolfe
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics, Unusual
Tags: 1932·discontinued sport·events·Gymnastics·olympic games·Rowland Wolfe·tumbling
1948 Ling Gymnastics Olympic Demonstration
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics
There was a Swedish Ling Gymnastics demonstration at the 1948 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, the video I had of it is no longer available. Here is another video of some Swedish women from the same year giving a demonstration. You can see where the opening ceremony has evolved from.
Tags: 1948·demonstration sport·England·events·Gymnastics·Ling·London·olympic games
Classic Torvill and Dean on Ice
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Figure Skating
Here is a video of Torvill and Dean’s classic performance to Ravel’s Bolero during the 1984 winter olympics held in Sarajevo
Tags: 1984·events·Figure Skating·ice skating·olympic games·Sarajevo·torvill and dean·winter olympics·winter sports·Yugoslavia
Usain Bolt World Record 100m at Beijing Olympics
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Athletics
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world record in the 100m with a time of 9.69 seconds. It was just unbelievable how he burst away from the rest of the field, but a pity he eased up and maybe missed out on a few milliseconds. Anyway, a year later he broke the record again with a run of 9.58 seconds. Unfortunately the IOC block the showing of their video on other sites, so you only see still images and commentary here.
Tags: 100m·2008·beijing·China·events·Jamaica·olympic games·usain bolt·world record
Jesse Owens 200m Berlin Olympics
October 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Athletics
Watch the last 100m of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games 200m final, in which American athlete Jesse Owens wins the gold medal. See him in the 100m too.
Tags: 1936·200m·berlin·events·Germany·gold medal·jesse owens·olympic games·USA
Dick Button is more than a commentator
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Figure Skating
Here is a video of Figure Skater and commentator Dick Button, and his gold medal performance from the 1952 winter olympics.
Tags: commentator·dick button·events·Figure Skating·gold medal·olympic games·winter olympics·winter sports