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Adolf Hitler all-around athletes American track star AP/Wide World Photos Associated Press awards ceremony Babe Didrikson Babe Ruth Bettmann/Corbis champion coach college track compete Connolly dash Dick Fosbury discus throw disqualified dive eighty-meter hurdles embarrassing enter event called Fame fans Female Athlete fifteen-hundred-meter run final event finish line football star German athlete gold medal Greatest Athlete Half-Century happened headfirst high jump Hitler believed hundred-meter javelin throw Jesse Owens Jim Thorpe judges King knew last day Luz Long marathon meter method Modern Olympics named official line Olympic Games Olympic history Olympic trials pentathlon place overall played baseball player professional race relaxed revived right foot runner running long jump score shot put skill smile sport spotlight sprint Sweden Thorpe had won three events three-day event took total points track meet two-hundred-meter victory watching win everything won the decathlon won the shot world record worried