Athletics|The unlikely love story of Czechoslovak Olga Fikotova and American Harold Connolly began at the Melbourne Olympics
Olympic champion Olga Fikotova, who also lived in Finland, has died at the age of 91. Photo from 2008.
Juha Kanerva
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Cold during the war, West and East met on the sports fields. In the competition village of the Olympic Games, you could get to know each other better. At the Melbourne Olympic Games, the Olympic champion of the shot put, the USA Harold Connolly (1931–2010) met at an evening party the representative of Czechoslovakia Olga Fikotova (1932–2024), who won the discus throw at the Games.
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