Summary
In seven years London will become the first city to host the modern Olympic Games a third time. Deputy Editor CHRIS LLOYD looks back on the games of 1908 and 1948 and discovers the first North- East gold medallist was a yachtsman from Darlington
LONDON yesterday became the first city to be awarded three Olympic Games.See the full content of this document
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London Leading the Way with an Olympic Hat-Trick
The last time the Games were held in the capital city was in 1948, although it had been expecting to host them in 1944 - the Second World War understandably put a stop to that.
So 1948 was something of a rush job, just two ...See the full content of this document
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