![]() ![]() They also recount experiences that are foreign to many athletes today: the enervating effect of post-war rations, and training sessions fitted around everyday jobs.ĭespite the various hardships they encountered, the athletes interviewed by TIME remember the Games fondly. Those competitors speak of feelings familiar to us all-the comfort of a lucky charm, the joy of victory. To commemorate London’s third hosting of the Games, TIME has traversed two continents to speak to the last surviving medalists from the U.K. Few are alive today who remember the 1948 Olympics in London.
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