24th

Posts : 1862 Join date : 2009-03-25
 | Subject: Did you know. Zulu warriors took part in the 1904 Olympics. Spear throwing!!! Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:38 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Very interesting read. Look at what they gave the guy to keep him running.. |
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littlehand

Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 54 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: Re: Did you know. Zulu warriors took part in the 1904 Olympics. Spear throwing!!! Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:05 am | |
| Thanks 24th. Entertaining read. |
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90th

Posts : 10680 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: zulu warriors took part in the 1904 olympics - Spear throwing . Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:38 am | |
| Hi 24th . Agree with Littlehand , certainly something differant !. Cheers 90th. |
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tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 56 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: Did you know. Zulu warriors took part in the 1904 Olympics. Spear throwing!!! Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:34 pm | |
| Great read. I was particularly entertained by the fact that I could easily have taken the gold medal in the marathon in 1904; and i am particularly interested in the women's boxing and the Indian Club Swinging - need to find out more about this! :lol: |
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littlehand

Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 54 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: Re: Did you know. Zulu warriors took part in the 1904 Olympics. Spear throwing!!! Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:52 pm | |
| So they didn't do drug testing in 1904. Sounds like he was a very luckly man... "Englishman named Thomas Hicks who clocked in at three and a half hours. However, Hicks was also sick from the heat. To keep him going, his handlers gave him sponge baths and periodically administered a drink made of strychnine, brandy, and raw egg."So they had Zulu's who threw spears at the Brits at I"sandlwana", and Indians who shot arrows at Custer "Little Bighorn" :lol: You have to admire the posture of the Zulu throwing the spear. |
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