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Kenny Moore (1972) [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086773/1/index.htm A Play Of Light And Shadow], ''Sports Illustrated'', November 20,
Kenny Moore (1972) [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086773/1/index.htm A Play Of Light And Shadow], ''Sports Illustrated'', November 20,
:In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month.
:In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month.
Frank Litsky (1997) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E0DE1431F936A15755C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all John Akii-Bua, 47, Is Dead; Ugandan Won Olympic Gold], ''New York Times'', June 25 Obituary.


==victory lap==
==victory lap==

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Kenny Moore (1972) A Play Of Light And Shadow, Sports Illustrated, November 20,

In Munich's gathering darkness, John Akii-Bua's victory celebration was like a ray of hope; so, too, he glimmers in his African homeland. The author, fourth in the Olympic marathon, was one of a handful of journalists allowed in Uganda last month.

Frank Litsky (1997) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E0DE1431F936A15755C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all John Akii-Bua, 47, Is Dead; Ugandan Won Olympic Gold], New York Times, June 25 Obituary.

victory lap

Someone handed him a Ugandan flag, and in his excitement he ran around the track with it; starting a "victory lap" tradition which continues to the present. Source: "It was a memorable moment; years later American sportscaster Jim McKay (ABC) asked who would ever forget John Akii-Bua taking his country's flag and running around the track with it. "

Is it really true that Akii-Bua started this tradition? I see it is in wikipedia but that is the only reference to it that I can find. Chris Day 23:49, 3 June 2008 (CDT)