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Joe McCluskey
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprise of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Joseph McCluskey was born on June 2, 1911 in South Manchester, Connecticut, and was an American athlete. During his career, he won 27 national titles in various distance events and captured the steeplechase title a record nine times in a 13-year period. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, McCluskey won the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase event that could have been a silver. A substitute lap counter failed to hold up the number of the laps remaining the first time the runners went past, and the athletes wound up running an extra lap. McCluskey was second at the end of the regular race but dropped back to third during the extra lap.
McCluskey was also a 1936 Olympian and coached the New York Athletic Club for 14 years. A 1933 graduate of Fordham University, McCluskey was inducted in the USATF, the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1996. With all his dedication and devotion in his play he achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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