The Mexico City Olympics and the image of altitude's influence on the success of Kenyan athletes
Taking place at an altitude of 2,200 metres, the 1968 Olympic Games marked both the advent of Kenyan athletes on the world middle-distance running scene and the emergence of representations of the advantages that the altitude at which they lived would confer on them. These Games remain closely assoc...
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Materiales para la Historia del Deporte |
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| Online Access: | https://polired.upm.es/index.php/materiales_historia_deporte/article/view/5076 |