1928 olympics

In this excerpt from his new book, Running Throughout Time: the Greatest Running Stories Ever Told, Roger Robinson explains how what started as an exhibition of women’s weakness became a demonstration of men’s dishonesty and prejudice

Little-known Hamilton newspaperman put Steeltown on the map with 1930 Empire games

Percy Williams won two gold medals at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and would later go on to set a world record in the men’s 100m (photo: Canadian Olympic Committee).