(CNN) —AmericanJesse Owens’achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the 4x100m relay and the long jump – made him a track and field great. Those achievements came under the gaze of Adolf Hitler, who had initially planned for the Olympics held in Nazi […]

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