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fifia
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 Posted 11/16/2011 4:14 pm
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Basketball was introduced at the 1972 Olympics in München.
The first gold medal for boxing in 1904 in St. Louis.
In Stockholm, in 1912 the Equestrian discipline was introduced.
...and in 1896 there were bicycle races.
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fifia
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nethryk
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Posted 11/20/2011 10:43 am
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Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting wrestlers, issued by Japan on May 22, 1954 to publicize the World Free Style Wrestling Championship Matches in Tokyo, Scott No. 599, SG No. C287.
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fifia
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fifia
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Posted 11/25/2011 10:20 am
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Rugby - France
and Malta-looks like soccer
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nethryk
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Posted 11/25/2011 10:52 am
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Glíma is the Icelandic national style of folk wrestling. There are four points that differentiate it from other forms of wrestling: 1. The opponents must always stand erect. 2. The opponents step clockwise around each other. 3. It is not permitted to fall down on your opponent or to push him down in a forceful manner. 4. The opponents are supposed to look across each other's shoulders as much as possible because it is considered proper to wrestle by touch and feel rather than sight. Here is an image of a stamp depict a pair of glima wrestlers and an admiring crowd, designed by S. Jónsson, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co, Ltd., and issued by Iceland on August 9, 1955, Scott No. 287, Facit No. 332.
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fifia
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Posted 11/26/2011 4:38 pm
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Waterball in Berlin
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geilichina
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Posted 11/27/2011 05:36 am
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I have some former Soviet Union sports stamps, share with you.
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nethryk
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Posted 11/27/2011 08:37 am
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Here are images of a couple of Czechoslovakia stamps depicting competitive team rowing.
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Eight-man shell and oar, designed by Czech graphic artist Mario Stretti, engraved by Jindra Schmidt (plus some photogravure), and issued on June 15, 1960 to publicize rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, which featured seven events, for men only, held on the Lago di Albano, Italy, Scott No. 969.
Eight-man shell, designed by Czech artist Anna Podzemna-Suchardova, engraved by Ladislav Jirka (plus some photogravure), and issued on September 2, 1964 to publicize rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics, which again featured seven events, for men only, held on the Toda Rowing Course, located on the Arakawa River in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, Japan, Scott No. 1261.
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fifia
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Posted 11/27/2011 09:54 am
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geilichina, nice sports stamps, lots of them, too.
Welcome.
Austria, 1972, München
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