The Summer Olympic - 127 Years Of Scandal And Counting, Part 2
More controversial tales from the ultimate celebration of sportsmanship.
1956: The Real Duel In The Pool
The Hungarian revolution having been swiftly put down by the Soviet Union in the autumn, it was a sure thing that any Magyar-USSR match-up in Melbourne the following December would be a feisty affair. Cue the ‘Blood In The Water’ match,
a water polo fixture which ended with Hungarian Ervin Zador bleeding profusely from an eye wound and the Magyar fans on the brink of riot. That Zador’s team won the fixture handsomely hardly seemed to matter. An oppressed people had been given a chance to square up their oppresses and they had been sure to make it stick.
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