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'Luz' Long & Jesse Owens

Olympic Games of Berlin 1936. After two failed attempts in Long Jump Jesse Owens is about to drop out of competition. German athlete Dr. Carl Ludwig Long, better known as 'Luz' Long gives Jesse the crucial hint. In the end Long wins the Silver Medal, Jesse Owens wins Gold, one of his four during the 1936 games. The friendship between Luz and Jesse endured prejudice, politics and ideologies. In WW2 Carl Ludwig „Luz“ Long served in the Wehrmacht and was killed in action on July 13, 1943 at San Pietro Clarenza/Sicily during Operation Husky. He's buried on the German military cemetery of Motta St. Anastasia.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/homefront/19198/'luz'-long-andamp-jesse-owens
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Right, Rick, especially under these circumstances.

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just two athletes talking shop.the way sports were intended to be, sportsmanlike. thats what surprises some about many boxers is that they’re so mellow out of the ring.you know notice how relieved both look usually when the final bell rings. :slight_smile: i think its very cool for these guys to try to share each others methods, and help make each other better