Goofy-The Olympic Champ

11/20/2023

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00:22 Two thousand seven hundred and sixteen years ago, within the shadow of beautiful Mount Olympus, in the land of ancient Greece,

00:31 was born an institution known as the Olympic Games.

00:36 Emblematic of these glorious athletic festivals is the torchbearer,

00:41 who down through the ages has carried aloft the precious flame to the far corners of the earth.

00:47 Rome, Egypt, India, China,

00:55 through forests and trackless ways, over mountains and sea,

01:02 down to the present day.

01:06 The ritual of the Olympiads demands that this heroic flame shall not become extinguished,

01:12 but shall be kept burning at all costs, serving as a beacon whose unfailing light

01:18 shall guide all athletes in fair play and clean sportsmanship.

01:23 To give them courage and forever remind them of the brave and the strong,

01:28 whose nerves of steel and cool heads shall keep alive and preserve at any sacrifice this precious spark for posterity,

01:37 that all mankind shall benefit by the light that never fails.

01:43 [Music]

01:46 The first Olympic event was foot racing.

01:50 Therefore, let us briefly analyze the fundamental strides.

01:55 First, the splinter.

01:57 Note the powerful piston-like action of the legs as compared to the long distance or space-devouring stride of the miler.

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02:08 And then that of the marathon runner, whose effortless, untiring stride carries him for amazing distance.

02:15 And last but not least, the walk.

02:18 Perhaps one of the most graceful of all, exacting the perfect coordination of all the muscles of the body.

02:24 Note the similarity of the walk to a dance.

02:27 One, two, three, four.

02:29 One, two, three, four.

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02:43 Uh-oh.

02:44 Hey, wait a shake.

02:45 We're off the track.

02:47 Uh, track.

02:49 Oh, yes, track.

02:51 One of the most spectacular of all track events is the hurdles.

02:56 Ready, set, go.

02:59 Nothing can compare to the ease and grace of the hurdles for sheer beauty of motion.

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03:20 The pole vault.

03:23 Beginning with a short run, the pole is planted in the pit.

03:27 The swing up.

03:29 Hold it.

03:30 We are now at the apex of the vertical lift.

03:32 Notice the position of the legs just coming into the jackknife.

03:36 Observe the swing of the hips and the knee flexation as the legs progress into their arc,

03:41 propertary to crossing the bar.

03:44 Crossing the...

03:45 You know, that reminds me of a poem by Tennyson, "Crossing the Bar."

03:49 Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me.

03:55 And may there be no moaning of the bar when I put out to sea.

04:00 Don't you think that's a lovely thought?

04:03 I do.

04:04 All right, jump.

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04:09 Oh, yes.

04:10 From this position, the body arches itself in a graceful glide,

04:15 clearing the crossbar and settling it gently into the sawdust below.

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04:45 Hammer throwing, more than any other event, calls for terrific muscular development,

04:51 plus height, weight, and mental alertness.

04:55 The hammer must be swung in a circle until terrific speed is attained.

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05:36 And last, but far from least, the decathlon.

05:40 A group of ten events arrange the track's triathlete's stamina and power.

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06:48 To the victor belong the spires.

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07:02 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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