00:09The Italian tricolor on the highest flagpole of the Olympic Stadium, a great day
00:14for Italian athletics and for all Italian sport, thanks to Livio Berruti, medal
00:19gold in the 200 meters race and with the victory in a time of 25 which constitutes the new record
00:24Olympic and equals the world record of Norton Johnson and Redford. These very
00:29athletes were beaten by the Italian today. The 21-year-old sprinter from Turin is on the podium at
00:34highest place and is worthy of the Olympic laurel, the highest achievement for his adamantine class
00:39for his strong athletic temperament. He is joined by the American Lester Cunning, medalist
00:45silver, and the Frenchman from Dakar, Abdule Sey, bronze medal.
00:53The eyes of the 60,000 people present and of the millions of sports fans watching on the television screens are
00:59fixated on these six athletes who are preparing for the final duel. From second to seventh
01:03lane the Polish Foik, the French Sey, the American Johnson, the Italian Berruti and two other Americans
01:09Norton and Carney. Off you go! Berruti is loose and confident, immediately very fast.
01:35At the exit of the curve the Italian is already master of the race, he is the strongest and wins
01:40in the manner of the strong without wavering, amidst the irrepressible enthusiasm of his compatriots
01:45scattered in the immense basin of the Olympic Stadium. Second is Carney at one tenth, third
01:50Sey two tenths behind, Foik fourth, Americans Johnson and Norton beaten, fifth and sixth.
01:59A European, the German Ari, first the day before yesterday in the 100 meters, another European Berruti,
02:04winner this afternoon in the 200. In this distance in Melbourne the Americans had
02:09achieved first, second and third place. They had been winning since 1932 and were hoping with Norton,
02:15to repeat the feats of Owens and Moro. In Rome, however, the American supremacy in the
02:20Shooting tests have taken a serious hit. Let's take a step back now to show you
02:26the two semi-finals, here is the first one that the Frenchman Sey in third lane wins with a time of
02:3120 seconds and 8 seconds ahead of Poland's Foik and America's Canney. These three men advance to the final.
02:37Englishman Seagal eliminated due to two false starts.
02:49The second semifinal is the most difficult, with Berruti in the third lane men like the Englishman
02:55Redford, Americans Johnson and Norton, and Frenchman Genevè. But nothing against the Italian today.
03:00anyone can do it. Norton comes in second, Redford comes in fourth and is even eliminated. Berruti
03:06In 25 minutes he achieved the Olympic record and equaled the world record. He repeated this time as
03:15we know in the final and this encore will also represent a memorable sporting achievement.
03:21In the hammer throw.
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