“You don’t go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am…”I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That’s almost demeaning to me. It is not almost—it is.”–Mark Spitz on not being invited to the Beijing Olympics.
If no one else will honor Mark, we shall!
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Spitz, once the star, upset over Beijing snub
by Polly Hui Aug 11, 2:23 am EDT
HONG KONG (AFP) - US swim legend Mark Spitz won’t be on hand in Beijing if Michael Phelps breaks his record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics—because, he says, no one bothered to invite him.
Spitz said the International Olympic Committee, a US television network or FINA—the international body that governs world swimming—should have brought him to the Games this year, with Phelps making a go at his record.
“I never got invited. You don’t go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am,” Spitz told AFP in Hong Kong.
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“Legendary Sports Icon Mark Spitz Receives Treatment With BOTOX(R) Cosmetic (Botulinum Toxin Type A) For The First Time. Mark Spitz is treated with BOTOX(R) Cosmetic (Botulinum Toxin Type A) for the first time by Dr. Derek Jones in Beverly Hills. BOTOX(R) Cosmetic is approved to temporarily treat the moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people ages 18 to 65. Spitz and fellow gold medalist, Nadia Comaneci teamed up for the Your Personal Best educational campaign that aims to motivate others to take steps to achieve their best inside and out. Spitz and Comaneci will be traveling to Your Personal Best events across the country. For more information,” visit www.YPBevents.com.
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“I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That’s almost demeaning to me. It is not almost—it is.”
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Ten more dead than the Seven Gold Medals.
Could that be a reason for the lack of memory?
“Arab Commando Group Seizes Members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their Quarters at the Munich Olympic Village.” This is an iconic image showing one of the hostage takers during the event known as the Munich Massacre, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.” 1972-09-05, Kurt Strumpf/Photo
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