As the 2016 Rio Olympic Games wrap up with today’s Closing Ceremony in Rio Swimming World wanted to take a moment to remember the Olympic Games that took place forty years ago and all who suffered during those Olympic Games in Montreal.
The Current, a popular radio show based out of Canada through CBC Radio, recently took the time to talk to Anne Jardin-Alexander, a member of the 1976 Canadian Olympic Team who won two bronze medals at the Montreal Games.
Jardin-Alexander noted that the first time she encountered the women of East Germany was in the locker room when she heard what she thought to be men’s voices. Peering around the corner of lockers, Jardin-Alexander observed that these deep voices belonged not to men, but instead to burly women.
Shirley Babashoff, a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team, was one of the few swimmers to speak out about the East German women during the 1976 Montreal Games earning herself the nickname “Surly Shirley.” When asked about whether or not she supported Babashoff’s speaking out, Jardin-Alexander commented that unfortunately she was not supportive of Babashoff at the time.
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