Original upload date: Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:49:11 GMT
1906, Peter O'Connor and the 1906 Olympics.
The story of Peter O'Connor (Waterford City & Suburban Harriers) who went to Athens for the Olympic Games as world record holder in the Long Jump. Forced t
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o compete for Britain instead of Ireland he won the triple Jump and was second in the Long Jump. At the medal ceremony for the Long Jump he protested the playing of the British National Anthem and the raising of the Union Jack by climbing the flagpole and waving an Irish flag - the first time that sport became politicized in an International context. The fact that O'Connor had brought the flag from Ireland for such a purpose shows his confidence of victory. That flag is now held by members of his family in Ireland
