Search results for ‘ian searcey’
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Paralympic archive: helping blind sprinters (1979)
In 1979 ITN went to Crystal Palace to meet blind sprinter Graham Salmon, who was pioneering a revolutionary bleeper that ensured he did not stray out of his running track.
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Paralympic archive: improved facilities (1988)
In 1988 ITN reported from the Sobel Centre in north London – at the time one of the few sports centres in the UK offering facilities for people with disabilities.
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Paralympic archive: Last-minute Games (1984)
The decision of the University of Illinois to pull out of staging the 1984 Paralympics meant Stoke Mandeville had just four months to prepare for the arrival of 1,500 athletes from around the world.
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Paralympics archive: the marathon debate (1983)
The popularity of the London Marathon, first run in 1981, meant disabled sportspeople were soon lobbying for inclusion in the event, and in 1983 the capital staged the first-ever Wheelchair Marathon.
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Paralympic archive: fighting apartheid (1982)
As English footballers returned from an unofficial tour of apartheid South Africa, disabled protesters were demonstrating against the arrival of the South African team for the Stoke Mandeville Games.
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Paralympic archive: sailing the world (1981)
In March 1981, ITN went to meet paraplegics Elizabeth and Peter Fordred as they prepared to sail the world – in a boat they had built themselves in landlocked Zimbabwe.
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Paralympics archive: Fifth International Games (1956)
The Fifth International Paralympics were held at Stoke Mandeville in 1956. ITN filmed the opening ceremony – but with no sound. Instead, the presenter read from a script as the images played.
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Olympic archive: Atlanta’s tarnished dream (1996)
For some, the commercialism of the 1996 Atlanta Games undermined the Olympic ideal. For others, it merely confirmed that sponsorship was a necessary part of any major sporting event.
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Olympic archive: Romania’s Olympic trials (1984)
Romania was the only eastern blog country not to follow the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. ITN’s Paul Davies travelled to Bucharest to watch athletes as they trained.
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Olympic archive: Coe v Ovett (1980)
The rivalry between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett defined British athletics in the late 1970s. ITN followed the athletes at Bislett in Oslo, their final meeting before the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Olympic archive: Moscow prepares (1979)
Moscow’s preparations to host the 1980 Games were well underway when ITN visited the Soviet capital in 1979. But then the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and a US-led Olympic boycott followed.
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Olympic archive: Sharron Davies (1977)
Swimmer Sharron Davies had already been identified as a medal prospect for the 1980 Moscow Olympics when ITN went to meet her and her trainer at Crystal Palace in 1977.
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Olympic archive: building chaos in Montreal (1976)
With the 1976 games only months away, ITN’s Michael Brunson was dispatched to Montreal, where a flight over the Olympic Stadium revealed huge gaps between sections of the building.
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Olympic archive: tragedy in Munich (1972)
The deaths of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team at the hands of Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Games have overshadowed the security arrangements of every Olympics since.
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Olympic archive: Mark Spitz (1972/1990)
Swimmer Mark Spitz set a new record at the Munich Olympics, winning seven gold medals. 18 years later, he was back in the pool bidding to make the US team for the 1992 Barcelona Games.
