UNKNOWN CHAMPION
HUNGARIAN SWIMMER
CAREFUL PREPARATIONS
LONDON, August 10. The "Sun-Herald" news agency's special correspondent at Berlin says that the 100 metres swimming triumph of the Hungarian F. Csik was a classic example of victory by a 100 to 1 outsider. The public regarded a struggle between the Japanese and the Americans as a foregone conclusion, and the race was half over before it was realised that a "hush-hush" champion had entered the field. The story of Csik's secret training and his outdoing .of the Japanese at their own game—terrific self-discipline and cruelly hard work combined with a shrewd summing-up of his rivals' ability—produced one of the biggest sensations of the Olympic Games. Csik visited Berlin three weeks ago, but attracted little attention, as it was ! assumed that he was merely familiarising himself with conditions. He returned to Hungary and was forgotten, but it is now known that the sole purpose of his presence was to study the methods of the Japanese in full training. His great performance did not surprise his friends, because he has recorded amazing times in Hungary.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 36, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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181UNKNOWN CHAMPION Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 36, 11 August 1936, Page 9
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