“Is this all these guys did? Train for bobsledding?
I’d think that fit a description of ‘professional’ vs. “amateur” especially if their income was soley derived from the military in pursuit of Olympic Gold.”
I didn’t really think about it whan I was a kid. But, in retrospect, it was the Cold War. We competed with the Ruskis everywhere: in Berlin, space, and in the Olympics.
I understand. But as a child of the 50s I remember we, collectively always condemned professional being inserted into the Olympics. This was primarily at USSR state-supported athletes, but seeing the video here with the Navy bobsledders, how was this any different?
I understand. But as a child of the 50s I remember we, collectively, always condemned professional being inserted into the Olympics. This was primarily at USSR state-supported athletes, but seeing the video here with the Navy bobsledders, how was this any different?