Happy Birthday to Gert Weil!

[BillVol]

I meant to post it in real time but forgot. January 3, 1960.

Perhaps the greatest Chilean T&F athlete ever, along with Marlene Ahrens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KV4RRKLuzM

From this interview, it sounds like Chile joined the boycott of the Moscow Olympics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PjXi0-ekMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3m8zZr2NY

Gert muscling a car in commercial...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EC3BmD1w0Q

[BillVol]

Speaking of Marlene Ahrens...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwqpg33Gq0s

Not an expert on the JT, but looks like if Marlene's fundamentals had been as good as the Russian's, maybe she could have won the gold.

P.S.: I didn't realize so many nations boycotted the Moscow games. What a shame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_S...ympics_boycott