Gość: gothe
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30.06.05, 22:36
Zawsze z całego filmu najbardziej fascynował mnie "ten trzeci" z bohaterów, bo
najsympatyczniejszy i najprzystojniejszy. W filmie nazywa się Lord Andrew
Lindsay. Kiedy dzisiaj podczas ponownego oglądania poszukałam w sieci wyniki
okazały się zaskakujące. Dla mnie zmiany na użytek filmu są kompletnie
niezrozumiałe i nieuzasadnione. Bo to on - Lord David Burghley - wygrał słynny
bieg wokół dziedzińca uniwersytetu, nie oddawał zadowolony zdobytym już
medalem miejsca Liddellowi, bo w Paryżu od razu odpadł i medal zdobył dopiero
4 lata później. A na płotkach nie stawiał wcale kieliszków szampana. Sami
zresztą przeczytajcie - czy on nie jest postacią ciekawszą niż ci dwaj
pozostali? No i faktycznie był z nich najprzystojniejszy ;-)
www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=87810
Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley was one of the most popular winners
of the 1928 Games. Heir to the Marquess of Exeter, he first appeared in the
Olympics in 1924, when he was eliminated in the first round of the 110m
hurdles. In 1927, during his last year at Cambridge, he caused a sensation by
running around the Great Court at Trinity College in the time it took the
Trinity Clock to toll 12 o'clock. A completely distorted version of this event
was presented in the film Chariots of Fire, in which the feat is credited to
Harold Abrahams. For this reason, Lord Burghley, who was then 76 years old,
reportedly refused to view the film. At the 1928 Olympics, Burghley won the
400m hurdles. Burghley was an extremely colorful character, who once set
another unusual record by racing around the upper promenade deck of the ocean
liner Queen Mary in 57 seconds, dressed in street clothes. He is believed to
be the first hurdler to place matchboxes on hurdles and practice knocking over
the matchboxes with his lead foot without touching the hurdle. Burghley was
elected to Parliament in 1931, but was granted a leave of absence to compete
in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, where he placed fourth in the 400m
hurdles. He later served as president of the British Amateur Athletic
Association for 40 years, president of the International Amateur Athletic
Federation for 30 years and as a member of the International Olympic Committee
for 48 years. He was also chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1948
Olympics.