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From charging the field at Beaumont Hamel, to running the Marathon - Eric MacKenzie Robertson was the first born-and-bred Newfoundland Olympian
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The world will be watching the thirty-third Olympiad in Paris. There were to be no Newfoundland athletes in the opening ceremonies, but back in 1920, at the seventh Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium, it was a different story. Newfoundland saw its first-ever native son compete on the Olympic stage. The CBC's Leigh Anne Power brought us the story of marathon runner Eric MacKenzie Robertson.
652 episodes
Manage episode 430857784 series 2435061
The world will be watching the thirty-third Olympiad in Paris. There were to be no Newfoundland athletes in the opening ceremonies, but back in 1920, at the seventh Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium, it was a different story. Newfoundland saw its first-ever native son compete on the Olympic stage. The CBC's Leigh Anne Power brought us the story of marathon runner Eric MacKenzie Robertson.
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