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Heide Rosendahl and Mary Peters, Munich 72 Olympians

Fifty years after they competed intensely against one another in the pentathlon at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Lady Mary Peters and Germany’s Heide Rosendahl are reunited in a beautifully captured moment for a new docuseries by the Olympic Channel.

Rosendahl and Peters, Munich Olympics
Photo: Olympic Channel

Rosendahl was the fan favourite for gold in the 1972 event, competing with home crowd support, but was bested by Peters in a narrow margin of 10 points.

Belfast-based Peters explained that she knew she had won the gold medal when she felt Rosendahl’s hands on her shoulders, a moment shown in the clip. Peters is recounting the experience for the docuseries when viewers see she’s in for a touching surprise.

Watch the clip on Twitter, and we dare you to hold back the tears.

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