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The Ballads of the Games Controversies Photos from the making of the Controversies Ballad

Photos from Vince Hunt

  • Andreas Krieger
  • Andreas Krieger, subject of the song 'Little Blue Pills', who was born as Heidi
  • Scottish sprinter Allan Wells won gold in the mens’ 100m and silver in the 200m at Moscow
  • Bill Thorpe, son of Jim Thorpe, who was stripped of his two 1912 gold medals
  • Bob Wheeler
  • Kate Buford
  • Michelle Probert, who as Michelle Scutt won a bronze in Moscow in the womens’ 4x400m relay
  • Dr Werner Franke
  • The Los Angeles Olympic stadium, where both the 1932 and 1984 Games were staged.
  • Olympic statues
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • East Berlin’s TV tower was a symbol of the achievements of the regime
  • Stasi files at the HQ in Leipzig
  • The dreaded Rundhalle in Leipzig, Stasi HQ
  • The apparatus of oppression

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  • The Ballads of the Games—Controversies

    5/6 Pills, protest and politics - Olympic controversies explored in stories and original song.

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  • Photos from the making of The Marathon Ballad—The Marathon

  • Photos from the making of the Controversies Ballad—Controversies

  • Photos from the making of the Going For Gold Ballad—Going for Gold

  • Photos from the making of the Munich Ballad—Munich

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