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most pathetic example is that of the basketball champion team at the 1951
Pan American Games, whose players were disqualified for having received
a motorcycle apiece. A penalty with political content rather than for
reasons of morals or of amateurish purism. The fact was that in 1955 a
Military Coup d'Etat took place, marking something wider than Argentine
sports (the very history of Argentina).Basketball. Argentina World Champion, 1950. |
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then on, depending on the figures who, out of their own individual effort
or by natural talent, started to emerge, Argentina reduced its presence
in the international medal awards. Some sports were only left with anecdotes
of self-will and, of all possible diagnoses, the one more agreed upon
is that which coincides in pointing to the leaders and the lack of structures
as the most evident deficiency for a more useful development or growth,
both in leisure sports and in High Competition.There
were exceptions such as Guillermo Vilas, who, since 1974, changed
the history of Argentine tennis, making it into an issue for those who
had so far regarded it as a minor, almost aristocratic sport. |
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| Guillermo Vilas | Carlos Alberto Reutemann |
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Reutemann institutionalized Formula 1 in this country, in times when
he could not match the championships obtained by Juan Manuel Fangio
in the 1950's. |
Left: Juan Manuel Fangio. Right: Oscar Gálvez. |
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