Tokyo2016Today » History http://tokyo2016today.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Race is On! http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/15/503/ http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/15/503/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:11:59 +0000 kimonobox http://tokyo2016today.com/?p=503 Tokyo 1964

Tokyo 1964

With the race on to see which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games only 2 and a half weeks away, it is nice to look back on a historic race from the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. There were some great moments! Does anyone remember this event?

]]> http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/15/503/feed/ 2 Remembering Long Jump and Tokyo 1964 http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/13/remembering-long-jump-and-tokyo-1964/ http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/13/remembering-long-jump-and-tokyo-1964/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:51:14 +0000 kimonobox http://tokyo2016today.com/?p=499 What a fantastic way to remember the long jump and Tokyo 1964.

This photo from Hair Bear demonstrates the length of the record breaking long jump in Tokyo in 1964.

What a way to remember Mary Rand’s wonderful achievement at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
What an inspiration for others to follow.
Also a fantastic link etched into the pavement connecting the small town of Wells in the UK and Tokyo.

Mary Rand set a record in 1964 Tokyo

Mary Rand set a record in 1964 Tokyo

]]> http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/13/remembering-long-jump-and-tokyo-1964/feed/ 1 Rowers 1964, 2008 Looking forward to Tokyo 2016 http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/11/rowers-1964-2008-looking-forward-to-tokyo-2016/ http://tokyo2016today.com/2009/09/11/rowers-1964-2008-looking-forward-to-tokyo-2016/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:01:02 +0000 kimonobox http://tokyo2016today.com/?p=493 Rowing in the semifinals 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Rowing in the semifinals 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Some historic footage found of the rowing in 1964 at the Japanese Tokyo Olympic Games

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