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Mon 08 Aug 2008Objections, disqualifications, amazing finishes and no fewer than 23 medals for Irish competitors
LONDON 1908: The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial and fascinating from start to finish. Kevin Mallontells the story of the six-month event, and details the extraordinary success of Irish-born competitors
THE 1908 London Olympics or The Battle of Shepherd's Bush as the Games very quickly became known, were without doubt among the most acrimonious and controversial of the Olympic era.
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