After 40 Years Uganda gained its second gold medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Below is the story of the men who gained gold for there country.

 

(Aug 16)

I saw this link to this brilliant Documentary from a friend who shared it. It tells the

tragic-story of an Olympic icon John Akii-Bua the first man to break 48 seconds in the 400

Hurdles and Uganda’s first Olympic gold medallist (only recently did Uganda gain its second

gold this Olympics in the Men’s Marathon). He was also the first African to win anything

under 800m.

 

Akii-Bua courage inspired future stars such as Edwin Moses (1976-1984) Olympic

Champion. Without giving away too much of the video I will give some background Akii-

Bua was from Uganda, we look back at the late 60s and early 70s when he partnered with a

young upcoming English coach named Malcolm Arnold.

 

Towards the end of his career Uganda was taken over by Genocidal (mass killings) crazed

Dictator Idi Amin. Akii Bua died in 1993 the circumstances are still not known.

 

Malcolm Arnold is still active in British Athletics coaching and went on to train Colin

Jackson, Craig Pickering and Dai Greene among others, but to date his first student his still

his greatest.

 

 

 

 

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