
On May 1, 2015, I kicked off my blog, The Olympians, with the intent of providing at least one blog post every day. Here we are, 365 days, over 10,000 visitors, nearly 20,000 views later, and I have kept my promise. Many thanks to all those who have helped me along the way!
Below are 20 of my favorite posts in 2016:
- The 1962 Asian Games: How Cold War Politics Sparked Heated Debate, Leading to the Indonesian Boycott of the 1964 Games
- “Do it Again. Again. Again.”: The Uncompromising Mindset of an Olympic Champion
- The Dutch Boycott of the 1956 Olympic Games Part 2: Rehabilitation
- The Hijab and The Turban: Why American Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is Important
- Dr Jega: The Fastest Man in Asia Learns that Life Works in Mysterious Ways
- Duke Kahanamoku Part 1: Surfing’s Johnny Appleseed Inspires Australia’s Pioneering Surfers and an Entire Sports Culture
- Japanese Face Off in Australia on the 15th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
- Ken Sitzberger and Jeanne Collier: Diving’s Power Couple in 1964
- The Pain and Joy of Pain: Dick Roth and the Gold that Almost Wasn’t
- The Perfectionist’s Dilemma: The All-or-Nothing Life of Hurdler Ikuko Yoda
- Rare Canadian Gold in Tokyo: George Hungerford and Roger Jackson Win the Coxless Pairs
- The Record-Setting Row2Rio Team: Following in the Footsteps (Sea legs?) of Christopher Columbus
- Remembering the 3.11 Earthquake and Tsunami, My Ancestors, and the Tokyo Olympic Cauldron
- Sazae-san Part 3: Suicides and The Pressure Cooker of Japanese Education
- Simple is Best: Finally, The New Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Logos
- Singaporean Cyclist Hamid Supaat and the Big Chill: Competing on the World Stage
- The “Six-Million-Dollar-Man” and “Real Steel” Scenarios: Science and Technology Blurring the Lines and Creating New Ones
- Tommy Kono: Out of an Internment Camp Rises Arguably the Greatest Weightlifter of All Time
- Unbroken: The Truly Epic Story of Louis Zamperini Finally Shown in Japan
- Worrying Willy and Paradise Pete: How the US Army Prepped Recruits for Japan in the 1950s
Click here for my favorite posts from 2015! Again, many thanks for all your support!
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