This is a piece, Stuart Weather, quite heartfelt, Irish Athletics and Irish Sports. A MAE step that died at a great age of 96. What a wonderful life. The interview was conducted in 2010, when European Senior Writer, Stuart Wayr, our whole man met with illustrated Irish athlete and trail in the women’s sports gallery.
Maeve Kyle – Triple Olympic
Death was recently announced at the age of 96. He competed in 1956, 1960 and 1964 at the Olympics. As the path and field is a summer sport, he played a hockey hockey on the field, 58 caps for Ireland. His friend and Olympic gold medalist Marie Peters paid tribute to her as “Women’s Sports pioneer like Hockey for Ireland.”
His best events were 400 m and 800 m, but when he was at his peak, they thought that women were able to deal with such distances. He made his Olympic debut in Melbourne, 27 years old, 100 m and 200 meters, and ran the same in Rome in 1960. Until 1962 European Championship, 33, He was allowed to run longer distances to 400, and setting a national record at 800. In 1964, the first year, which was engaged in the Olympic women, 400 m. In 1966, the Bronze Medal took the Bronze medal at 400m of the European Closed Championships. He also competed in two games of cooperation, including the launch of 400 m in 1970, reaching the last elderly ages 42. He called himself “Irish Savrographer of Athletics.”
At the 2010 European Championships, I was invited to function and the wife of Jose, which turned out that the MAE step. When he said his name, I remember my first words to him, where the “famous MAE step”. His answer was “more probable.” After talking for a while, I asked if he would be ready to allow me to write an interview with him. He agreed with mercy.
He explained to me the context of his early Olympic career. more than 200 meters. That was because men thought women were unable to run longer distances, and that would not be good if they had to be revived. I doubt that the events like a hammer, a triple jump and polar folder thought it was not healthy for women. I don’t think there have been any medical evidence to prove or reject it at that time.
“It should be understood that at that time all the sports are dominated by men, and women played social sports than competitive sports. As for my involvement, I don’t think that men had a great dependence on it, but an elderly woman was a woman, saying that it was more opposition. They did not approve and I think I was uncomfortable. I had an option in having a letter Irish Times: Saying what a disgraceful shock I was going to the Olympics, leaving my husband and a small child. It shows you the attitude of certain segments to which very conservative society was. “
His times were remarkable, given that he was completely amateur, training, in primitive conditions. I remember once trained at the local school cricket pitch and was sent to packaging. So I just trained where I could. My husband, Sean, was my coach, and I trained at a local football track at a mealtime. And it was good. It was smooth and was hard, of course, it was sometimes raining and windy, but I was able to train
“I also played an international hockey, which broke the year for me so that it was not just athletics and athletics. Hockey also gave me, I felt all the stages of good. And I loved having summer and winter sports. It’s just that 100 and 200 comfortable and training was manageable. I don’t think there is in any way as amateur so that I can improve the number of courses today.
“It’s wonderful that women now have many more events, but I have to worry that women often put up men’s training programs, but at least 16 to 20 years old, but their body’s forces and the requirements of the body are completely different.”
Maine told me another story to imagine the ethos of sports during his day. But I had to tell him. It shows you how amateur sports is those days. “
Looking at his career, I asked him to reflect on what he was went out to athletics. “Millions of hours enjoyment, fun and friendship. I still keep in touch with a huge number of athletes. One of the joys Facebook Is that I suddenly in touch with a athlete I haven’t heard for 30 years. “ In terms of the Olympic Games, he loved international friendly memory and has one special memory. Stay with you. “
* The 800-meter event was first included in the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. However, due to the most difficult distance for women, it was removed and not restored until the 1960 Rome Olympics.
