ATHLETICS.
Olympic Games. Over five thousand competitors, representing 22 countries, were present at the Olympic Council’s reception marking the inauguration of the meeting, which constitutes the greatest athletic gathering in the world’s history. In the Olympic lawn tennis contests, the first of the games to be decided, J. G. Ritchie (Britain) won the championship gold medal. Many leading players did not compete. ,The United States team, using the short Springfield rifle, won the international Olympic competition fired at Bisley with a score of 2531-points, Britain, using the Lee-Enfield rifle, was second with 2496 points, and Canada, also using the Lee-Enfield, third with 2439.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 15 July 1908, Page 14
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103ATHLETICS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 15 July 1908, Page 14
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