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For God's sake.

And I want my coach back.

You're out of your mind. No way.

That's out of the question.

Mr. Snyder is not

a registered Olympic trainer.

All right.

Well, I hope you know all the words

to the German national anthem,

because you'll be

hearing it every time one

of those Nazis win

a medal I would've won.

You wanna quit?

You go ahead, because no Negro

is gonna talk to me that way...

Hey, hey.

Now, what the hell's that got to do with...

That's got everything

to do with it.

Come on.

You're making it about that.

You weren't there.

You didn't hear what he said to me.

Enough.

Jesse, you don't mean that.

You're not about

to walk out now?

Okay.

Okay, fine.

Look, if we can get a pass

for Mr. Snyder here,

we can put all

of this behind us.

Hey, Jesse?

Yeah.

You better keep

your boy on a leash.

Dean.

What the hell

was that all about?

What?

What?

I figured you couldn't afford a decent

seat. I thought I'd help you out.

And here I am thinking this

is your way of thanking me.

I wouldn't even

know where to start.

Bring me three gold medals.

That's the only way.

Come on.

Hey, how are the new shoes

I ordered you from England?

They never showed up.

Hi. You know

where this is here?

Hello, hello.

Never mind. Sorry.

Excuse me.

I... Whoa.

American.

No, I, I'm American.

I'm American.

American.

I'm from the US Olympic team.

Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

- I got it, okay?

- I've got papers.

Yes. Here.

Here, here, here.

American.

US Olympic team.

I'm, I'm looking for, Dassler.

Dassler.

Adi Dassler.

Dassler?

Dassler, yeah.

Yes. Yes.

Shoe. Yeah.

Don't push.

Please.

Good.

Okay. Okay.

Here we go.

It's gonna be damp out there.

The track's gonna be heavy.

Yeah?

How are the shoes?

They're great.

Good.

Good, good, good.

Gosh, I wish you would've had

more time to break them in though.

I don't know

what happened there.

I'm gonna get to the bottom of that.

That's another...

Coach, I said they're all right.

You gonna keep fussing

like an old hen,

or are you gonna let me

get out there and run?

Mr. Owens,

I'm expecting great things.

Anything less than a gold,

we will consider a disappointment.

I'm sure he was joking.

Thanks, Coach.

You're a lot of help.

...Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler.

Sieg heil! Sieg heil!

Sieg heil!

Sieg heil! Sieg heil!

The winner of the

men's 100-meter finals

is Jesse Owens in first place

with a time of

10.3 seconds.

Whoo!

Whoo-hoo!

Coach!

Outstanding!

Outstanding!

Come on, let me see it.

Congratulations.

Mr. Owens.

Thank you, sir.

Now, there's somebody

I want you to meet.

All right.

Here.

Hey.

Thanks.

Herr Brundage.

Chancellor Hitler has been

forced to leave early today,

and won't be able to

congratulate the winners.

The traffic, you understand.

You let the chancellor know

he congratulates all of the

gold medalists or none of them.

Herr Brundage...

Regrettably, it is impossible.

Then he's...

Come on.

Time to go over the

rules here for tomorrow.

You should know they're very

particular about their attempts here.

So none of that showboating you

tried to pull in Ann Arbor.

Yeah.

You listening to me?

We're here at the 11th Olympiad,

bringing you

the qualifying round

of the men's broad jump event.

Up first, the German,

Luz Long, reigning

European champion.

And he's making it look easy!

Now it's time

for Jesse Owens of the USA.

We've seen this

before from Owens.

He wants to examine the track...

Easy.

...before his first attempt.

Owens, kneeling

on the run-up.

Jesse, no!

It's a foul!

I don't believe it!

They've recorded it as a foul!

Owens questioning the officials.

He's not going to

be happy about this!

Still, he has two more attempts.

Owens makes his

second attempt to qualify.

Come on, Jesse!

Another foul!

He stepped over the line!

This event looks like it might be

over for Owens before it begins.

Wait.

Here's something you

don't see every day.

Long seems to be

offering Owens advice

on where to jump from.

Owens, making his third and final attempt.

Owens, Owens...

He's done it!

And Owens is through

to the final!

Sieg heil! Sieg heil!

The men's broad jump final.

German chancellor Adolf Hitler

takes his seat for the event.

And after a close-run

qualifying round,

the great athlete

Jesse Owens of the USA

faces up against Luz Long.

Each competitor will

have three attempts,

with his best score

determining the winner.

Long's first jump.

The reigning European champion.

It's a white flag.

7. 54 meters!

Owens...

His, too, a white flag!

7. 74 meters!

Long again.

The white flag is up.

7. 87 meters.

It's a new European record!

Yeah! Whoo!

Owens...

The white flag is up!

7. 94!

Incredible.

Owens has beaten the European

record set only moments ago!

Let's see what Long

can produce to match it.

t's a foul!

A foul from Long on

his final attempt.

But it means Owens has done it!

He's secured a second

gold medal of the games!

That was a great match.

Please, take your last jump.

What's this?

The competition is over,

but the German

Long seems to share

the interest of

the crowd here in Berlin,

in seeing the best the

amazing Owens has to offer.

USA! USA!

This is the true

spirit of sportsmanship

we're seeing here between

these two athletes today.

The white flag is up!

8.06 meters!

It's a new Olympic record!

Congratulations.

Let's make the lap of honor.

Okay, sure.

Have you seen this before?

Never.

Thanks.

You beat me, square and fair.

It's "fair and square,"

and you gave me the chance.

I wanted your best.

Otherwise, what is the point?

Is that your girlfriend?

Yes.

Wow.

She's very pretty.

Thank you.

Do they have any

ugly girls in Germany?

They prefer to keep

them out of sight.

There are a lot of things

they want to keep hidden.

You think I'm joking.

I love my country,

but it's no secret my

government's going insane.

They don't bother to hide it.

I don't even think

they are ashamed.

A few nights ago, they sent a

girl to my room to wish me luck.

She wanted to sleep with me.

Governor Davey sent me a telegram

and a case of Coca-Cola.

I should emigrate.

No.

No.

This girl,

she wanted to get pregnant.

I think she was

ordered to get pregnant.

I suppose I should be flattered.

I think all things considered,

you're actually better off in America.

I don't...

I don't know if there's

much difference deep down.

Are you gonna

get in any trouble?

You made quite a scene today.

They want to use us to prove

something to the world.

I'm happy to show

them they're wrong.

Believe me,

I would have preferred to beat you,

but it wouldn't

have been for them.

If they want to make

these games a weapon,

they can't complain

when it's used against them.

Maybe now they see how

stupid it was to even try.

You are entered for

one more event, right?

Yeah.

200 meters.

I very much hope you win.

Not to prove anything

to any government.

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