us hosts the next olympics in tokyo.
us hosts the next olympics in tokyo.
when does the us host the next olympics?
tokyo
kraan is the oldest sibling in a family of 14 children. initially she trained in handball, while working as a police officer, and changed to athletics only in 1954, aged 21. at her first major race in 1958 she improved the dutch record in the 800 m to 2,16.6. she shaved another 8 seconds from it the next year, and in 1960 qualified for the olympics, where she was eliminated in a preliminary round. after that she worked hard to improve her running technique and fitness, winning five national titles and setting nine national 800 m records between 1958 and 1963. during that period she also competed in 400 m, 440 yd and 880 yd races. in 1962 she won the 800 m european title with a new european record of 2,02.8. at the next olympics in 1964 she finished in seventh place in the final of the 800 m.
gerda kraan
yevgeny petrovich klevtsov (; 28 march 1929 – 24 march 2003) was a russian cyclist. he competed in the individual and team road races at the 1952 summer olympics, but without much success. he was selected for the next olympics, but reportedly refused to go because he would not stand the long trip by sea to melbourne, australia. at the next olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 100 km team time trial. both in 1952 and 1960 he was the team captain and during the races did his best to "pull" his team mates. in 1952 his efforts were discarded by a crash that involved two riders of his team.
yevgeny klevtsov