I come from Melbourne and was only 5 at the time , so nice to see this . Cheers .. gus
@Olympics
9 жыл бұрын
gusthebroken2 Cool! You were very young. How was it to have the Games in your home town as a kid? Thanks for commenting. :)
@gus3247365
9 жыл бұрын
***** Hi , How was it to have the O.G's in my home town ( was 3 million strong back then ), it did have a huge impact on us in Melbourne , and Australia as a whole. I for one became quite interested in participating in sports and our schools and college ( I went to a private Christian school and Col's/High schools ) held inter school competitions etc. Long story short , I became a ice speed skater ( short track , first, and held the 3000 meter Australian record for 10 years running and high up in the other distances , as short track was not an Olympic sport then , I moved to the Netherlands at age 20 and skated Long track on ice , skated 3 world championships for Australia (1973, 75 & 76 ...ISU ) and qualified for 3 distances for the Winter Innsbruck Olympics , but due to circumstances beyond my control , did not get to compete .You probably know my fellow country man , "Colin Coates ".. ( we were the best two practising Australian skaters at the time ) .. He skated in 6 O.G's...starting in Grenoble France...and to my knowledge still has the Australian record for participating in so many Winter Olympic games. ( he actually competed in 7 of them , one unofficially ? , I'm not quite sure of that last one !) We both came from Melbourne. Our first skating medal in the winter games was in Squaw valley 1956? USA.... Colin Hickey , , 500 meters , bronze medal ...He also came from Melbourne , and was one of my mentors ....You see , it did have an impact and lead to sporting results even back then ..., Bradbury won the Gold in short track later ( first across the line in the 500 meters , as the rest fell !!! ... so the last became First , kind of the Turtle and the Hair story ) He came from Sydney , and I skated against his father ( short track ) We had no 400 meter track in Australia , some of us made our own on the lakes in the mountains to train on back then ... Well that's a bit of the story . My name is Gus Katinas ... cheers , and all the best ... gus
@brettwilkinson9529
3 жыл бұрын
My word we have come a long way since 1956.
@antoniogarrido8302
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, @Olimpic. Yesterday at 22:00 died our maximal historical women sports star. In Chile we have only one woman olympic medal. Marlene Ahrens. She is the girl in the video (1:50 to 2:01). In case you have more images or videos of our girl and his participation in Melbourne, please share it. Chile will be happy.
@bjc9520
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Marlene.
@spurrjls
Жыл бұрын
400 meter relay (at 12:40 on video) . . . . 2nd leg Leamon King of DELANO, CA. . . King was running better than Morrow during training in Australia before the Olympica (after the trials).
@222mozart
5 жыл бұрын
Christa Stubnick G.D.R.(100m) and Gisela Birkemeyer (80m hu) great seconds
@c-028
4 жыл бұрын
10:35
@runninggirl9991
4 жыл бұрын
The commentary is hilarious. I loved it... but, those poor women in non-stretchy silk shorts....eek.
@warrenermish1454
4 жыл бұрын
Disgusting that the Olympic organizing committee cut short the US anthem. Athletes work their entire life for one glorious moment, and they were cheated
@54321-p
4 күн бұрын
"Ah, she missed him." Women were more seen as entertainment then, less serious competitors.
@jrnumex9286
4 жыл бұрын
ouch PC 06: lovely girls white :13 formidable black
@veridicusmaximus6010
4 жыл бұрын
Or maybe that just your modern racial lens. I mean the black girls was formidable - huge. not sure that body type has even been in vogue culturally.
@veridicusmaximus6010
4 жыл бұрын
I did not realize they wore diapers at the Olympics in 56!
@brucehemsworth6844
4 жыл бұрын
How did Melbourne manage to host the Olympics when at the time, thousands of Indigenous Australians were not allowed to vote?
@12pounds17
3 жыл бұрын
Look up wikipedia at any olympics ever held and there is a controversy section for you so you can go and post on every olympic video on youtube about how shocked you are that x country hosted an olympics when x was happening, for virtue points.
@TheIrishrogue68
8 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the sexist narrator...smh
@IndianOutlaw1870
5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't considered sexist in 1956. Women weren't offended like they are now.
@clpasztor
4 жыл бұрын
Break From The Herd you mean women didn’t have the social power to stick up foe themselves like they do now.
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