COlorado Springs (Colorado), 12 Jun. (askanews) – It is a museum of great emotional impact, as well as unique and extremely modern the US Olympic & paralympic Museum of Colorado Springs, an American city born under the sign of gold fever and reborn under that of the five Olympic circles. In 1978, in fact, the Olympic and Paralympic committee of the United States of America (USOPC) from New York moved to Colorado Springs and since then the city has been the proud headquarters of the US Team.
The museum, in its uniqueness, is of great interest also for visitors who come from Europe: a true training of values and emotions in view of the Milan-Cortina 2026 games. In the collection all the Olympic torches starting from Berlin 1936 and the medals: from Athens 1896, the edition of the modern Olympic Games held in Greece.
If you are looking for memorabilia, not to be missing, among others, a very special booklet dating back to when the 1936 US Olympic team won from New York to Hamburg, Germany: on board the then twelve -year -old Lewis Stein exploited its time, obtaining autographs from Jesse Owens and another 15 Olympians.
Or even the tank top that in the middle of the tensions of the Cold War, Joan Lind (United States, Silver) and Christine Scheiblich (Est Germany, Gold) secretly exchanged as a sign of mutual respect at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games: this story like others has a moving ending, all to be discovered to Colorado Springs.
The museum is one of the destinations recommended by the US brand, Visit Colorado and Visit Colorado Springs.
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