In Reply to: Re: One of my favorites too, Patrick posted by patrickU on March 18, 2005 at 07:35:32:
Harold Abrahams was the first British amateur athelete to engage "professional" training, and this was the reason he was not allowed in the Olympic venue. As I recall, his (partial) Arab ancestry is mentioned in the film-he and Abrahams had the shared bond of the outsider.
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- You are right, Patrick - padreken 08:34:15 03/18/05 (1)
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