OLYMPIC GAMES.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1924, Page 1

OLYMPIC GAMES.

IUBTCALIAN AND N’.Z. CAULK AbBOCfATION,

CYCLE RACE WOX IIY EREX MAX.

PARIS. July 23. Tlie Olympic road cycle rate ove: ISS kilometres, attracted 72 lompeti

tors. It was won t.v Blanclienct (Frame) in six hours, 20 minutes. -10 steands. I lent enaei s (Belgium) was .se oml and Ramsdeii (Au-tialia) third. LONDON, July 2-1. Ihe Aiistraiuln Press Association’s Fan's eorresj.ondeiit says: The result of the Otympi ■ team cycling road race on a t out so of 117-1 miles was: ‘— Fiance 1. (time 1170 minutes. It i.eeouds), Relpiiim 2 (I ISO minutes ol “-.j second'!. Swtd"!i .‘i (IPJU minutes -11 seconds). Next tame Switzerland. Italy. Riit.uin. I.a.xenduiry. Jopo Slavia, C ze lei Slovakia, Epypt. Finland, and Poland. SWIMMERS AT RRPSSKI.S. I.OXDOX. July “!. I tie Australian Press. Association’s Rriisse's eorrespondeut says the entire Australian and American Olympic swimmers contested the Brussels;’ events iu the pic-ime of Prince Leopold and a hope irov.tl. Cliarlton. s.wjniminp leisurely, won I

the -TO!• metres in 7 min. seconds. Reaurepaile was second, and Christie iliird.

AYeinnuller won the lt.'O metres without heinp extended in (i - J .seconds. Sain Kahanamoku was second in the IPO metres and Henry third. The American pirl, Mi-s Wehxelnu. won the ladies’ .V.) met res in .‘II 2— r > secnmls (a world’s reeortll. PARIS. July L>J. lord Cardigan. President- of the r>ritish Finpiie Olympic Association, ret uses I.i believe the death knell of the Olympus has lieen sounded. TCupland and America have most important isles lo perferm, that of ioculcatinp spm tiop iiist.inel.s wherein the Fnplisli are modern e.rusiiders. In Klipland sports and polities are as Voles asunder. Intel naiional ►port mii't not he killed. A cessation of I llie Olympics would lie a disaster lo the world. No one imnpineil that, hy the wave of llie m.upician’s wand, the world could he made a perfect place fer sport in a sinplc Olympiad. The iccent reprei table, uunportsmanliko in ts are isolated oasiis. Homo of the nations involved were siill leioverinp from the nerve raekinp effects of the sroiirpe of wap.