8 Olympic heroes

Chapter 8 Olympic heroes The 1936 Olympics in Berlin took place when the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was ruling Germany.

1936年柏林奥运会在纳粹领导人阿道夫·希特勒统治德国期间举行。

Hitler was eager to show off the strength of the German team, but the star of the Games turned out to be a black American runner from Ohio, called Jesse Owens. Despite strong competition from the Germans, Owens won an outstanding four gold medals- for the 100m and 200m running races, the long jump and the 100m relay.

希特勒急于展示德国队的实力，但奥运会的明星却是来自俄亥俄州的美国黑人赛跑运动员杰西·欧文斯。 尽管来自德国的激烈竞争，欧文斯还是赢得了四枚金牌——100米和200米赛跑、跳远和100米接力。

Owens went on to inspire many top athletes, including an American, Carl Lewis. In the 1984 Olympics, Lewis won exactly the same events as Owens. Over four Olympic Games, Lewis won a total of nine gold medals, including an astonishing four golds in the long jump.

欧文斯后来激励了许多顶级运动员，包括美国人卡尔·刘易斯。 在1984年奥运会上，刘易斯和欧文斯赢得了完全相同的项目。 在四届奥运会上，刘易斯总共赢得了九枚金牌，其中包括跳远项目的四枚金牌。

Lewis's nine golds matched the record of a remarkable Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi, nicknamed the Flying Finn. Nurmi won his gold medals in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics.

刘易斯的9枚金牌追平了绰号“飞翔的芬兰人”的芬兰长跑运动员帕沃·努尔米的纪录。 努尔米在1920年、1924年和1928年奥运会上都获得了金牌。

A Dutch athlete, Fanny Blankers Koen, became an international hero in the 1948 London Olympics. At 30, and a mother of two, many people thought she had little chance of success. She went on to win gold in the 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles and the 4x100m relay.

荷兰运动员Fanny Blankers Koen在1948年伦敦奥运会上成为国际英雄。 30岁的她是两个孩子的母亲，许多人认为她成功的可能性很小。 随后，她在100米、200米、80米栏和4x100米接力赛中夺得金牌。

One of the stars of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City was American Bob Beamon who leaped a remarkable 8.9m (29ft) in the long jump, breaking the old world record by 55cm (22 inches). Beamon was so shocked, he fell to his knees saying, "Tell me I'm not dreaming!" His world record lasted 23 years.

1968年墨西哥城奥运会的明星之一是美国人鲍勃·比蒙，他在跳远比赛中跳出了8.9米（29英尺）的成绩，以55厘米（22英寸）的成绩打破了旧世界纪录。 比蒙非常震惊，他跪倒在地说：“告诉我我不是在做梦！”他的世界纪录保持了23年。