I bet you didn't know C.K. Yang was Japanese!

[cacique]

CK Yang competed in 1960 in rome, so there's no way he could have competed for japan. is that so hard for you to capisce? end of history lesson.

[bad hammy]

well, lonewolf, here we are criticizing jim lampley's slip of the tongue, and yet you mistake the 1930s and 1940s with the 1960s. consider that.

I don't know about CK Yang but many Koreans were forced to compete for Japan in the 30s and 40s.

cacique,

Dude, really, your jumping on lonewolf here is ridiculous to say the least, both because of your target and the fact that you are erroneous in your interpretation of what he is saying.



As for the original post, I saw the broadcast of Lampley saying that Yang was Japanese. Of course it jumped out at me, but I have to believe it was a slip of the tongue, not some microscopic parsing of any info related to the sovereignty of Formosa/Taiwan back when Yang was born.

[26mi235]

CK Yang competed in 1960 in rome, so there's no way he could have competed for japan. is that so hard for you to capisce? end of history lesson.

You need to read his comment -- he knows damn well when he competed; there is a non-trivial likelihood that he (lonewolf) was friends with him/knows him (CK).

Note that the statement does not cite specifically that he competed as a Japanese but that there might be some Japanese component to his official or unofficial nationality (which seems to be confirmed by other comments by people that were disagreeing with you). You made linkage from a statement that was not absolutely precise in how it was made and went off into lala land of commentary.

[lonewolf]

Gentlemen !! Gentlemen!!..
In the immortal words of the Cool Hand Luke prison warden, "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

No where did I state or imply that CK Yang was Japanese or competed for Japan in the 1930s-40s or at anytime.

My original post was prompted by a memory that, prior to WWII, some Koreans were forced to compete for Japan under a Japanese name, the most notable being Son Gi Jeong who won the marathon at Berlin OG in 1936 as Kitei Son. Previously, Son Ki Jonk competed under the Japanese flag in the marathon at the 1912 Stockholm OG as Shizou Karaguri.
(Please don't nit-pick the spelling, no two sources agree.)

Not that it has anything to do with this thread but ,as a sign of the times, Japan also impressed Korean "comfort women" involuntarily into military brothels.

I apologize for carelessly creating this tempest in a teapot by not being more specific in my original and follow-up comment and I appreciate the supportive comments from those of you who have been here long enough to know something of my history. I have plenty of experience making mistakes and have no problem recanting a misstatement of fact. I respect everyone's right to an opinion, whether or not I agree, and will not resort to personal attacks beyond :P gotchas.

Further affiant sayeth not.

Case closed.

[catson52]

Gentlemen !! Gentlemen!!..
In the immortal words of the Cool Hand Luke prison warden, "What we have here is a failure to communicate."

No where did I state or imply that CK Yang was Japanese or competed for Japan in the 1930s-40s or at anytime.

My original post was prompted by a memory that, prior to WWII, some Koreans were forced to compete for Japan under a Japanese name, the most notable being Son Gi Jeong who won the marathon at Berlin OG in 1936 as Kitei Son. Previously, Son Ki Jonk competed under the Japanese flag in the marathon at the 1912 Stockholm OG as Shizou Karaguri.
(Please don't nit-pick the spelling, no two sources agree.)

Not that it has anything to do with this thread but ,as a sign of the times, Japan also impressed Korean "comfort women" involuntarily into military brothels.

I apologize for carelessly creating this tempest in a teapot by not being more specific in my original and follow-up comment and I appreciate the supportive comments from those of you who have been here long enough to know something of my history. I have plenty of experience making mistakes and have no problem recanting a misstatement of fact. I respect everyone's right to an opinion, whether or not I agree, and will not resort to personal attacks beyond :P gotchas.

Further affiant sayeth not.

Case closed.

As a relative newcomer to these "pages", and having seen some fairly nasty exchanges between people, I am impressed by the respect shown to lonewolf.
As early as 1954, Yang competed under Formosan colors at the Asian Games in Manila, and won the deca gold.