![]() ![]() In 1948 she was 30 and a mother but she had still managed to train regularly during the German occupation and went to London as holder of seven world records. Large sections of the city had been reduced to rubble by German bombers and rationing was in force.įanny Blankers-Koen had competed at the Berlin Games for the Netherlands. Wembley stadium was pressed into service for a Games in which austerity was the keynote.
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