Track and Field Blogs - Shannon Rowbury

Hey guys, this is a blog I wrote for The Huffington Post and thought it would be cool to share with you. Standing on the awards podium, I look out over the Berlin Olympic Stadium. I am on a promontory that juts out over the stands, the same space where Hitler spoke during the 1936 Olympic Games and where Jesse Owens' received his four gold medals, each of which shot a hole in the myth of Aryan supremacy. The power of this spot is palpable and, with only the blue track below me and the blue sky above, I feel… more »