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Tokyo 2020 gives GB the chance to write another chapter in rich Olympic history - Vimarsana News

Tokyo 2020 gives GB the chance to write another chapter in rich Olympic history

Thursday, 7 January 2021 When you postpone an Olympic Games for the first time in peacetime it's hardly surprising that there is a whole host of unintended consequences that start to jump out at you. Fortunately, they are not all bad ones. At the British Olympic Association (BOA), we are particularly proud of our heritage and history, and not least the part that British Olympians have played in creating that golden thread through time. In the build up to the original 2020 Games much of our focus was on 1964 and the cohort of athletes that first competed in Tokyo with the Union flag on their ...

Triumph of Kanturk's double gold winning Olympian remembered - Vimarsana News

Triumph of Kanturk's double gold winning Olympian remembered

The life and achievements of legendary Kanturk Olympian Dr Pat O'Callaghan will enter the spotlight in a fascinating documentary that will be aired on TG4 next Wednesday night. Laochra Thar Lear (Heroes Abroad) celebrates Ireland's significant Olympic achievements in the first 60 years of the modern games, from John Boland's almost-accidental wins in tennis in 1896 to Ronnie Delaney's record-breaking run to gold at the 1956 Melbourne games. But Ireland's Olympic story is about more than just sport. It is a story of politics, colonialism and partition. It is also a story of lifelong friends...