Professional chemist Josy Barthel from Luxembourg crying after unexpectedly winning the gold medal on the 1500m track at the 1952 Olympic Games (Helsinki, 1952)[448×599]
There’s something really cool about everyday people competing in the Olympics. It’s empowering to think you could have potentially compete at this high level even if you hadn’t been a professional athletic machine for years.
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There’s something really cool about everyday people competing in the Olympics. It’s empowering to think you could have potentially compete at this high level even if you hadn’t been a professional athletic machine for years.