PINPOINTS - MY GREATEST OLYMPIC PRIZE - JESSE OWENS


1.     Jesse Owens won four Gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin in
                                                                                                                                     i.      100m
                                                                                                                                   ii.      200 m
                                                                                                                                iii.      4x100m relay
                                                                                                                                iv.      Long jump
2.     During the publication of  My greatest Olympic Prize, Jesse Owens was an active member in Illinois Youth Commission.
3.     This work was ‘dedicated to keep youngsters active in sports and out of mischief’
4.     Jesse Owens writes about Luz Long , a German who was tall and had blue eyes.
5.     Adolf  Hitler insisted his performers as the members of a master race.
6.     Owens had his thought in running broad jump. A year before,  Owens had set a record of 26 feet 8-1/4 inches. Everyone expected Owens to win the Olympic
7.     If Long won, there would add a new support to Nazi’s Aryan superiority theory. Owens was just a Negro. He decide to prove that Der Futherer and his race wasnot superior.
8.     Owens fouled  twice in his trial. He thought bitterly “Did I come 3000 miles for this?”
9.     Luz Long came to Owens and spoke to him. Long has qualified finals in his first attempt. Long asked Owens that what was eating him.
10.                        Long adviced Owens to draw a line few inches in back of the board and asked to aim at making his take off from the line.
11.                        Owens confidently drew the line and qualified for  the finals
12.                        Later, in the night Owens went to Luz long’s room and spoke for two hours. They both spoke about track and field.
13.                        A real friendship has grown between Long and Owens.
14.                        Next day, Owens broke the record and won Gold medal. Luz Long congratulated Owens.
15.                        Owens thought that Luz Long was the epitome of  Pierre de Coubertin’s sayings  Pierre de Coubertin was the founder of the modern Olympic games. Coubertin told  that “The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well”

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