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Wykoff Goes To College -- Frank Wykoff's High School and 1928 Olympic trial accomplishments are the topics published in the Glendale Junior College Newsletter. Included in the article is a description of the lack of preparation, and strange rules of the Dutch who were hosting the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, Holland.
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The finals, held on May 26, 1928, aroused tremendous interest. Nearly 24,000 spectators, till then the biggest crowd for a hockey match, saw the game. India beat Holland 3 - 0 to win its first ever Olympic gold medal, and its first ever victory in a world tournament. On May 29, when the prize giving ceremony was held at the Olympic Stadium, and Eric Pinniger lead the team to the victory stand, this marked the first time that a team from Asia had won any medal in the Olympics.
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The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation. The only other candidate city was Los Angeles. Los Angeles would eventually host the Olympics four years later in 1932.
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The 13 member Indian team for the 1928 Olympics (with 3 students joining in London) set sail on March 10, 1928 from Mumbai to London. Only 3 people - 2 officials of the IHF and a solitary journalist - were present on this historic occasion to see the first national hockey team leave the shores of India.
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Although Coubertin and the Vatican were outspoken in their opposition, women's track and field events were added to the Olympic program in 1928. As a result, the number of women competing more than doubled, from 136 to 290, even though the number of total athletes declined slightly.
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