Olympic story

About the author

Klaas Dewyngaert

My name is Klaas Dewyngaert, I am 29 years old and I work for 5 years as a sports journalist for DPG Media and VTM NIEUWS, a media broadcasting company in Belgium. I am specialised in Olympic sports, I covered the Olympics in Tokyo and also several World and European Championships in athletics, gymnastics and hockey.

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Credits

*Photo 1: 1920 Antwerp Olympics – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10004665 – Copyright notice: © 1920 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Photo 2: Ivo Van Damme – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10017152 – Copyright notice: © 1976 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Photo 3: Ivo Van Damme – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10033191 – Copyright notice: © 1976 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 4: Memorial Van Damme in Brussels – Getty Images, Photo 1270664365 – Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos

Videoclip 1: Jean-Michel Saive – Sequence from VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) Archives

Videoclip 2: Jean-Michel Saive – Sequence from VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) Archives

Videoclip 3: Nafissatou Thiam – Sequence from VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) Archives

Videoclip 4: Nafissatou Thiam – Sequence from VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) Archives

Videoclip 5: Nafissatou Thiam – Sequence from VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) Archives

 

*All Olympic Footage / Images / Audio available in this production is copyright of and reproduced only with the consent of the International Olympic Committee. All Olympic Logos / Poster available in this production is copyright of and reproduced only with the consent of the International Olympic Committee