Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

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Day to remember -- Out of Alabama -- Vincible -- Heelbones and a new start -- Judge and the millionaire -- "We are with you, Adolf" -- Blessing in disguise -- Jew kills Nazi -- Friend and a foe felled -- Olympic trials -- Olympia -- Belle of the ball -- Battle tent of some great emperor -- Youth of the world -- Day one -- Day two -- Day three -- He flies like the Hindenburg -- Relay.;In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports - but it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man. From the start, American participation in the games was controversial - a boycott attempt was thwarted by the president of the American Olympic Committee. Owens was befriended by a German rival, who helped Owens win the gold medal at his own expense; two Jewish sprinters were, at the last moment, denied the chance to compete for the United States out of misguided politeness to the Nazi hosts; and a myth was born that Hitler himself had snubbed Owens. Day to remember -- Out of Alabama -- Vincible -- Heelbones and a new start -- Judge and the millionaire -- "We are with you, Adolf" -- Blessing in disguise -- Jew kills Nazi -- Friend and a foe felled -- Olympic trials -- Olympia -- Belle of the ball -- Battle tent of some great emperor -- Youth of the world -- Day one -- Day two -- Day three -- He flies like the Hindenburg -- Relay.