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Olga Fikotová, Czech discus thrower had Cold War affair with a US hammer thrower

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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:21:35 +0000
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by: Mig.Rhodes - Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:21 UTC

Olga Fikotová-Connolly, who has died aged 91, was a discus thrower who won Olympic gold for Czechoslovakia in 1956 but came into conflict with her country’s Communist apparatchiks, who branded her a traitor when she fell in love with an American hammer thrower; she was forbidden from representing Czechoslovakia and had to compete in the next four Games for her new husband’s country, eventually carrying the Stars and Stripes into the stadium at the 1972 Olympic opening ceremony...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/20/olga-fikotova-czech-discus-hal-connolly-olympic-gold/

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Olga Fikotová, Czech discus thrower had Cold War affair with a US hammer thrower	Mig.Rhodes