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Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in the Great War (Hardcover)
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Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in the Great War (Hardcover)
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In August 2016 the world will be spellbound by the Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro as 10,500 athletes from 206 countries compete in 306
events. Tracing their origins back to the Greeks in 776 BC, the
history of the Olympics is a glorious one but it has had its darker
moments. During the First World War no fewer than 135 Olympians
perished. Many had won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. They came
not just from the UK, Germany, France, USA but from all over the
globe. Wyndham Halswelle, killed in action on 31 March 1915, won a
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in both field and track events. The
Frenchman Leon Flameng, the fastest cyclist ever, died on 2 January
1917, having won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the 1896
Olympics. The German Fritz Bartholomae, killed in action 12
September 1915, won a Bronze in the rowing eights during the 1912
Olympics. The list of these heroes goes on and on. Each Olympian,
who made the supreme sacrifice, is honoured in this magnificent
book by a summary of their life, sporting achievement and manner of
their death.
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