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THE CHINA ́ ́ ́MAIL," WEDNESDAY, ‘AUGUST 13, 1952.

THE FAMILY OF FOUR GOLD MEDALS ‹

Emil Zatopek, the Czech long distance running marvel, and his wife' Dana, Javelin thrower, photographed during a meal at the Olympic village of Otaniemi, They won four Gold Medals between them at Helsinki, Central Press Photo.

TODAY'S CHILDREN MAY GROW UP TO MAKE

ZATOPEK

LOOK SLOW

Says CHAPMAN PINCHER

More than 60 athletes, several of them British, have broken exist- ing Olympic records at this year's Games in Helsinki.

Never before have so many astonishing performances of skill, speed, and endurance been packed into one athletic meeting.

The first eight men in the 1,500 metres race all ran faster than any Olympic competitor before. In the women's long jump the first nine all broke the previous record.

The Czech runner

Emil 1. Greatly improved methods

Zatopek knocked 42 seconds off of training.

Zatopek's history shows that there must be scores of people who could be equally outstanding

the best time for the 10,000 2. The fact that far more metres and nearly six minutes people are taking part in com-athletes but never know it be- off the Marathon time.

petitive athletics. What

the

explanation for

TRAINING

this new record in record- Sir Arthur Porritt, the famous breaking? Is the human body surgeon and Oxford running blue evolving into a mere efficient who has Just returned

Helainki,

athletic machine?

Today's young athletes are considerably tailer than their parents were at their age.

They are reaching their full height before they are 21-often at 17 in the case of women. Two back generations

men and women did not reach their full were about stature until they 20.

from that convinced Is cooches are now getting much more out of their athletes by

ing better methods. using

Carefully planned programmes

cause they do not try.

The Czech, three gold medala winner, ran the first race of his Shoe factory sports when he was life under protest at the Hata

19-and won.

As more and more youngsters try their skill on the track the

number of athletes who reach

Olymple standard must increase. And as competition for a place

spurred on to

of training are produeing pro-in an Olympic team intensifles, found effects on the body.

Examples: "The bloodflow every athlete is

improve. through the muscles of an un-

A

trained

no one to run against while

As Interest in competitive spurts spreads among the nations, records should be booken re- peatedly before the limits human physical performance are reached.

pf

trained man is about five times like McDonald Bailey are greatly In Britain, top-notch athletes greater during exercise than handicapped because they have This change must give sprinters when

hen he is at rest. After train- and jumpers an advantage by ing it may be nine times greater,

An average increasing their stride at a time

man can make training. when their bodies are at the use of about two and a half peak of effelency as-running pints of oxygen per minute in

run. on all-out machines.

But it cannot account for the athlete can use up to seven performance of the older

pints. endurance runners like 30-year- . N

New information about dict old Zatopek, because the modern has improved the performance of athlete

greater long-distance runners who now does not achieve

height

his know that their endurance will He merely reuches be greater on a starchy diet

than on food rich in

COMPETITION

Thutmum

It

sooner.

than

Nor can height account for the

The findings of scientists will new records in events like the Javelin throw, discus, shot put, have a still greater effect in the and pole vault,. which depend future. but I believe that the overriding reason for this year's more crop of records is the fact that convincing explanations in my far more people are competing in

athletic events.

mainly on skill.

There are two other

view:-

LOOSENING-UP

Tommy Brown (hitter) and Stan--Aldous (kocper)

of the Leyton Orient Football Club find baseball is a very good method of getting into trim for, tho resumption of soccer---Central Press Photo,

HIGH-JUMP

I have seen a selehtide flm in which several men jumped con- aiderably higher than the Olympic record high jump of oft.

8%ins.

Watutal tribe, many

They were men of the African of whom cre more than 7ft. tall, and who practise high-jumping as a tribal sport.

London Expṛein Service)

Finn's Did A Good Job

Says LORD BURCHLEY London, Aug. 12, Lord Burghley, Chair- man of the British Olympic Association, said here to-

night that Finland's organi- sation of the 1952 Games was "first-class" and the ovent was "a great Ce89."

BUC-

He said: "We can say con- fidently that they have made notable contribution to bringing the young people of the world together, and not only the young people but the millions of the rling public throughout the

on

"They will, I believe, go from strength to strength, and at Melbourne in 1936 and future Games not only will they continue to provide superlative performances but, too, will play a signicant part in creating that understanding and goo

goodwill among mankind which is truo foundation stone on which Insting peace must be built."

AN APPEAL

| Lord Burghley, former cham- pion hurdler, who was broad- casting In the BBC home service, urged British local authorities to provide greater facilities for sport.

Ho said that Britain had only 70 tracks for 60,000,000 people, while Finland had 000 for about 4,000,000,

He said that "by, and large" Britain could be satisfied that hop athletes had a very good all-round Mandard.”

It was encouraging that so many Britom who did wel were with young and would not reach thele prime for three, or

KEN SMITH Show Talking

Nimmi Goes Home Without Getting

Her Toes Tickled

NIMM

London. lives secluded with her grand-dian ballet. The other la Mr

TIMMI, the. 19-year-old Indian girl who has more fans than ́any Holly- wood star-50,000 people waited 24 hours in Bombay ∙to geo the Indian premiere of her latest picture, “Aan," showing in Englaid ru- cently-poured me a cup of ten and looked sad as she told me the story of her life.

This fabulous star, who makes alx pictures at the sama time at a salary of £7,500 each and owns five cars, Bat calmly with her five chaperones as we talk

ed.

mother,

Nimmi (her real name in Nawab-bano, "but it is too long for the advertising anyway granny calls me Baba") füred a cigarette...

4-

No kiss in public "WE do not smoke in India

and, before you ask me ask me, we do not kiss not as all the English paper mens in public. The Intimates are for the home. It is what not seeing creates a longing.

་་

my

Errol Flynn. Ile admire little feet. Ho ask permission to tickle my toes. I may no."

I rose, cald "Goodbye" and shook her hand

More terrifying

TN his newest film' with love-

ly. Linda Darnel.

Black beard the Pirate, Robert Now ton roars and ranta ax the

rough, tough pirate. To smooth the passage of pirate cathe past the censor the script-walter put them all into Weish. That way "I have never been klased →→ they sound more terrifying, етет

Well, only

Now Robert Papa kina

is busy trying from Mehboob" (Mr Mehboob Khan, producer of "Aan"),

She shook her long hair. Her twyllu."

SHUVA Intricately-carved

glit- carringa tered and she gently fingered the bridge

to get his tongue sound "lled- radaidd, brodychasechgwyr,

For the uninitiated that frightening sentence merely means "thleves, rogues, vaga- bonds, deceivers."

No more Garbo IRETA GARBO hag told

Bhe

ד

G friend in Paris that has decided never to make another Alm. I doesn't.

Hope she

of her nose and screwed up her eyes. She has been in flims nearly four years, She wore a white crepe de

What about romance? Nimmi Chino

(pantaloons), bracelets on

waved her hands and the gold chwar gold thread khamis (shin-type

her slim wrists glittered. "Not yet. I am mar- top-coat) and a while chloried to my work. Perhaps one dupatta (drape vell). Her long black hoir was tied in a sluk day, but it will have to be handkerchief, English-style. The pouffi-quick. And then I make long fingernalis on her 'long no more pictures.

She is 40, her hair is tinted allin Angers were blood-red. So

Of her

ahe is still beauti Britain purple and Lo were her toe-nalls. And so was

"They don't leave me. I work, ful. work, her lipstick.

work. All I see, *І БОС Perhaps she would be un from hore

and from the car," Loven better actress now than Her

long black eyelashes Had she been to any clubs or she was 10 years ago when flickered, She said: "I fly from parties? "No I can't dance. I she made ber Jast picture Bombay. I am 10 days in Lon-

Two Faced Woman.. don. I see only 'yde Park. A Ways I Am flim premiores always photographs, always visits to Indians. It is the same as I am back home."

"Home" is Marine-drive, the "Park-inne" of Bombay where Nimmi (Punjabi for "petite")

don't know how. Perhaps one day you teach me. Yes?"

As I rose to leave sho said: "Thank you. You are only the three-times man who come to

seo me,'

Who were the others? "One is. Mr Douglas banks. Ho talk to me of

AC

Fair-

In-

Nimmi, the 19-year-old star of the fabulous Indian film "Aan" arriving at London Airport from Bombay, for the London premiere of the film.

Discus Record

London, Aug. 12, Nina Romaschkova, the Olymple Champion, set up a world record of 59.61 metres for the women's discus at an athle~ tic meeting at Odessa yesterday, according to Moscow Radio.

Miss Romaschkova is a 20- year-old student teacher. The previous record of 55,27 metres was set by a fellow Russian, Nina Dumbadze, at Gory fast year.

Mrs Dumbadze, who trained

Miss Romaschkova, finished third in the Olympic Games-Reuter.

Bobbie Miller Wants Middleweight Title Fight

the

Now York, Aug. 19.. Sammy Buns Manager, of South Athean: middle- walzhit, Bobbie, Miller, nounced today that ho had submitted Miller's namo to the British Boxing Board as con- tender for the vacant title of Middleweight Champion of the British Empire.

The Hue was vacated on Monday by the death of Aus- tralia's Dave Sands, United Preas,

But she is more than a film star-she is a legend, Could even Garbo act well enough to prevent the shattering of Ľ myth?

I doubt it.

How beastly? FALING STUDIO the token

chlef

Sir

a problem on holiday: how benstly can he be to the Jans?

has bought

He

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Shrute's best-selier, A Toum Here it is the book that Called Allee, which deals with gives complete information the torture and crucifixion in on the care of the baby and. a Jap prison camp of the Aus- small child from, the prenatal tralian hero.

Now that

we are at peace with Japan Sir Michael must Beck advice from the Belushi and US authoritles on how far He can go.

I

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front door is always open and Blustrated by over 200 "how-to" photographs and drawings, some the rooms are crowded with

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Gene Kelly,

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While he will be missed by Wyndham Street, Hong Kong & Salisbury Road, Kowloon

his friends In Hollywood, he in-

lends to keep open house here but his studlo hopes that he won't play much volley ball --- he once broke a leg playing the game.

Gene is busy rehearsing for his

alm at Elstree, Invitation

the Dance, to four dialogue-loss stories toid by singing and dancing,

Encores

NIG BREAK for Peter Martyn, 27-year-old ex-Guards officer, in Frank Launder's Folly to be Wise, starring Alls- tair Sim.

Peter, who mode 3 big

name on television in the US, mays: "I've never had a break on TV over here. I'm always told I'm too

tail."

2

Are British television screens

difarent

size? FILM STAR Istur

30

Danielo- vitch, whose parents emigrated to America from Russia years ago, is to tour Europo on behalf of the United NG- tions to tell us the wonders of America. But he won't be bill- ed as Issur Danielovitch. He cails himself Kirk Douglas

now.

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