revealed many new heroes to the world, with the races of legendary sprinters garalt abrahams and eric liedl the basis for the film chariots of fire, a sports saga about the confrontation between two characters and two opposing worldviews. cuman johnny weiss muller, the future tarzan, won gold medals in a swimming competition. william de hart became the first african american in history to win a gold medal in the long jump. flying fin poava nurme, he won five gold medals and uruguay became football champions. the green ankita velodrome hosted cycling competitions, two road races and four races 100 years ago. tracks, all this is only for men, covered stands, a project by baron gustave efeli, are the same age as the eiffel tower. built in 1894, the vencente velodrome hosted two olympic games in 1900 and 1924, but today it has lost its former sporting significance and is used as a training base for... amateur athletes. unlike the games of a century ago, the infrastructure of the french capital has been stretched to the limit, no matter how trite this phrase may sound, but the increase in the co