olympic

Running Brave, Canadian film featuring Sioux runner Billy Mill’s path to winning the gold medal for the 10,000m race at the 1964 Olympics. Like Cortina d’Ampezzo, Sapporo regained hosting rights right after surrendering the 1940 edition due to the Sino-Japanese War . These Games were the initially in Asia, as nicely as the 1st time Japan had ever won gold in any Winter Games, with a podium sweep by Yukio Kasaya , Akitsugu Konno and Seiji Aochi on the 70m ski jump as their only medals. These Games make the city the third 3-time host immediately after London and Paris,...