The Game

Did you know that Norman Trevor, the famous Hollywood star who acted in Beau Geste, Dancing Mothers etc. won for India its first athletics medals at the Olympics? Did you know that Philip Noel-Baker, 1959 Nobel Prize winner was a silver medallist in the 1,500 metres event at the 1920 Games and that he actually slowed down in the home straight to allow Albert Hill, his compatriot, to run on and win his second gold medal? Did you know that Hitler’s speech at the Berlin Games, which was steering towards fascism, was cut short by the IOC President, Baillet Latour? Did you know that disgraced sprinter, Ben Johnson, in his autobiography, claims to have been an Egyptian Pharaoh in his previous life? Did you know that Estonian Gerd Kanter, after winning the discus gold at Beijing, actually ran down the 100-metre track and did the Usain Bolt routine, including the archer’s pose for the benefit of the crowd?

Thousands of such anecdotes and more that will keep you entertained during the Olympics and much after.