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Kenny Moore (1972) [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086773/1/index.htm A Play Of Light And Shadow], ''Sports Illustrated'', November 20, | Kenny Moore (1972) [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086773/1/index.htm A Play Of Light And Shadow], ''Sports Illustrated'', November 20, | ||
:In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month. | :In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month. | ||
==victory lap== | |||
{{Quotation|Someone handed him a Ugandan flag, and in his excitement he ran around the track with it; starting a "victory lap" tradition which continues to the present. Source: "It was a memorable moment; years later American sportscaster Jim McKay (ABC) asked who would ever forget John Akii-Bua taking his country's flag and running around the track with it. " }} | |||
Is it really true that Akii-Bua started this tradition? I see it is in wikipedia but that is the only reference to it that I can find. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 23:49, 3 June 2008 (CDT) | |||
Revision as of 22:49, 3 June 2008
Kenny Moore (1972) A Play Of Light And Shadow, Sports Illustrated, November 20,
- In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month.
victory lap
Someone handed him a Ugandan flag, and in his excitement he ran around the track with it; starting a "victory lap" tradition which continues to the present. Source: "It was a memorable moment; years later American sportscaster Jim McKay (ABC) asked who would ever forget John Akii-Bua taking his country's flag and running around the track with it. "
Is it really true that Akii-Bua started this tradition? I see it is in wikipedia but that is the only reference to it that I can find. Chris Day 23:49, 3 June 2008 (CDT)