MELBOURNE – EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games.
This story was published in The Charleston News and Courier on Dec. 6, 1956, during the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. It was written by Murray Rose, an Associated Press sports writer and editor for 46 years who died in 1999 at the age of 84.
Rose, who retired in 1979, was an integral part of the AP’s Olympic staff and covered international sports on every continent except Antarctica.
This story appears as it was published in the newspaper that day. Please note that the Russia player mentioned in the 6th paragraph was listed as V.