Gyere Egérke! Gyere kicsi lány! Come on Little Mouse! Come on Little Girl! Krisztina Egerszegi is a one of the greatest Hungarian Olympians. She participated in three Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996), was the first female swimmer to win five individual Olympic Gold medals. Egerszegi made her international debut at the age of 13 in… Continue reading Little Mouse
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The Runner
In the post entitled Origin, I mentioned a 1959 book called the ‘Encyclopedia of Sport‘* by Charles Harvey. One of the things I became fascinated by were the list of athletic records. As a budding athlete myself I would tick off the records as I equalled them hoping that one day my name would appear… Continue reading The Runner