Episode 7 - 28 January 2021
The 1904 Olympics
Length: 30 mins
Episode Notes
Political manoeuvring , experiments in eugenics, substance abuse...the third Olympiad of 1904 in St Louis really had it all. And we haven't even mentioned the bricklaying marathon runner getting a lift halfway through the race! Find out more about this bizarre and astounding event that forever etched itself onto the athletic history books, perhaps not necessarily for the right reasons....