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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Long's sportsmanship was not case of race, says son AFP - Sunday, August 23 BERLIN (AFP) - - A world famous legend recalling how German Luz Long crossed racial barriers to help American rival Jesse Owens qualify for the long jump final at the 1936 Olympics has been downplayed by Long's son Kai. ADVERTISEMENT Kai Long said his father, whose actions helped Owens win the gold, prompting a furious Adolf Hitler to leave the stadium early, had simply acted within the old tradition of amateur sportsmanship. "It was not a question of race, of being black and white," said Long, who is attending the world athletics to watch the long jump final. The 1936 Games, which the United States came close to boycotting because of concerns over anti-semitism, were marked by the performances of Owens. The son of an American slave, the "Black Pearl" won four gold medals from the 100m and 200m, the men's relay and the long jump. Long was one of several athletes held up as a symbol of Hitler's supposedly superior Aryan race but his actions appeared to demonstrate his dismissal of that notion, giving Owens advice which, ultimately, led to the American's victory and the German settling for silver. According to Owens, Long went to Owens and advised him to jump from a spot several inches behind the line - advice which allowed the American to advance safely to the next round without risking another foul. Owens won the gold, thus ridiculing Hitler's claims of Aryan superiority, and went on to build a friendship with Long, who died during the Second World War. His son Kai insisted his father, who died of his wounds in 1943 in Sicily, was not making a political statement to Hitler that black and white people were equals. "It was the normal attitude of pure amateur sportsmen in those days," he added. "It was absolutely normal to help each other so what he did was not deemed then to be extraordinary." Long, who met Owens five times, did not deny that from that gesture something amazing had been born. "This flame became bright, then brighter and even more bright and is still burning today." If proof were needed that flame is still alive, the grandaughters of both Long and Owens, respectively Julie Long and Marlene Dortch, will present the medals for the long jump later on Saturday. Dortch, who said she never discussed the episode with her grandfather Owens, drew on the example of Rosa Parks, known as 'the mother of the modern day civil rights movement', who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. "I would draw a comparison with Rosa Parks who did not deliberately sit down on the bus as a protest against racial discrimination but because she was tired and thought she deserved to have a seat," said Dortch. "I believe it is the same with Jesse Owens and Luz Long, who may not have intended to make a statement. However, I think it was very courageous of them to talk with each other and for Luz Long to help him. "It may not have been planned but you cannot deny it was inspirational." Long never had a chance to speak to his father about that moment because he was only born in 1941. Dortch meanwhile was surprised to be informed that she, her family and that of Long's would be sitting where Hitler and his acolytes, such as Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, had sat during those Games. "I didn't realise that," she said. "Well, it feels great to think that I will be sitting with my husband where Hitler once sat. "I think it is wonderful that Luz Long's and Jesse Owens' family will be sitting side by side and celebrating a great moment in sport's history. "And regarding the other guy. Hitler who?" Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Enlarge Photo US champion Jesse Owens (R) and German champion Luz Long (L) chat together on the Berlin stadium, on August 1, 1936 during the Olympic Games. A world famous legend recalling Luz Long crossed racial barriers to help American rival Jesse Owens qualify for the long jump final at the 1936 Olympics has been downplayed by Long's son Kai. Most Popular – Top Stories Viewed Egypt warns pharaohs' tombs could disappear Pandas could be extinct in 2-3 generations: report Ramadan begins on Saturday amid swine flu worries It's nuts! Squirrel becomes a Web sensation New economic data set to test Wall Street bull run View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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