Да, забавная история. Безлимит на Лимпиаде)) Прям как 3 разряд не столь давно в РФ.
В википедии вообще роман:
Kanakuri was the first Japanese athlete to qualify for an Olympics.[3] He embarked on a
difficult 18-day-long trip to Stockholm, first by ship and then by train all through the Trans-Siberian Railway.[8] When he finally arrived in Stockholm, Kanakuri was weak from the long journey. To make matters worse, he struggled to sleep during the white nights and he had problems with the local food. The Japanese
team coach, Hyozo Omori, was mostly bedridden due to tuberculosis and failed to give Kanakuri sufficient pre-race training.
The race was held near
Stockholm amidst a heat wave. Throughout the race, dozens of competitors dropped out, including
runner Francisco Lázaro, whose mid-race collapse and subsequent death made him the first Olympic fatality.[3][9] The reigning Olympic gold medalist Johnny Hayes called the event a
"disgrace to civilization."[10] Kanakuri, too, experienced debilitating hyperthermia. About sixteen miles into the race, an exhausted Kanakuri left the course and desperately stumbled into a nearby garden party, where he drank orange juice[11][nb 3] for an hour.[12][13] Embarrassed by his failure, he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials.
Since Kanakuri did not finish, race officials gave the
consolation prize, a large wooden spoon, to a Russian.
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Immediately upon arriving in Sweden, he "jumped off the plane", and "jogged around the tarmac" to warm up his legs, and "showed great vigor" according to the Associated Press.[14] On March 20, 1967, he finished the marathon. His official time was 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. He commented, "It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren."
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PS Но вообще сия тиви-лав-стори не шибко складная, конечно. Если утешительный приз вручили - значит японцу прописали DNF и протокол закрыли. То есть балаган 67 года исключительно на совести телевизионщиков и спонсоров.
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