PHYSICAL FITNESS
IMPORTANCE REALISED THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, June 6. The Duke of Gloucester, opening the thirty-sixth session of the International Olympic Committee at St. James’s Palace, said: “ The growing realisation of the importance of physical fitness and the sane interest in sport is shared alike by all nations represented here to-day. To promote friendly rivalry in athletic contests with all the qualities which true sportsmanship denotes—such as respect for one’s opponent, modesty in victory, and fortitude in defeat—is the most important task of the international Olympic movement.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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