This is from the 1964 Olympics, is that a man or a woman?
Posted on 05/30/2023 12:07:39 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Tamara Press was a phenomenon, winning gold in the shot put and discus in Rome, as well as gold in the shot put in Tokyo. She was a large woman, and as American gymnast, Ron Barak, told me in an interview, a hulking woman, fortunately with an equally hulking sense of humor.
“I was in line one day in the Olympic Village cafeteria, and right behind me, Tamara Press was waiting in line with a couple of Soviet teammates. My wife, who was fairly tiny, came rushing in. US officials had given wives of the gymnastic teams sweat suits so they could get in and out of the village. Barbie was coming to meet me for lunch, and was a bit late. She spotted me and hurried over. Focused on me, she somehom didn’t see Tamara, and butted right in front of her.
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This is from the 1964 Olympics, is that a man or a woman?
East German Shot Putter Heidi (now Andreas) Kreiger
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/east-germanys-forgotten-olympic-doping-6949436
Is svimvear!
Very nice!
Written just like lt sounds.
In retirement, Press worked as an athletics coach and official in Moscow.[3] She wrote several books on sport, social and economical subjects. In 1974, she defended a PhD in pedagogy.[2] She was awarded the Order of Lenin (1960), Order of the Badge of Honour (1964) and Order of Friendship (1997).[6][12]
That was always the joke about East-Bloc women athletes back in the day, especially the East Germans. Now it isn’t a joke, the athletes pretending to be men are ACTUALLY women. You couldn’t have written a believable fictional story about today’s situation back then, which shows how decadent and stupid most people are now.
LOL! The good old days.
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