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[Nickbat]

..than the London Games of 1908. What a shambles!

“The games will probably be remembered for the exploits of marathon runner Dorando Pietri who stumbled into the stadium and started running round in the wrong way, before collapsing.

“Determined not to let the American Jonny Hayes win, the British organisers picked up the little Italian and carried him over the line, much to the delight of the crowd, only for him to be disqualified after American protests.

http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/2012/04/20/olympic-feature-a-look-back-at-the-shambolic-1908-white-city-games-82029-30804466/