RE: [RC] Medals at European Championships 1985-2005 - Jerry & Susan Milam
Absolutely awesome Tom! Congratulations and thanks for
putting everyone straight.
Susan
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ridecamp Subject: [RC] Medals at European Championships
1985-2005
This is in referance to the above, listed on RC's
front page. I really don't want to disallusion anyones ideas of grandeur,
but there is an ERROR.
At the 1987 OPEN European Championships the Team
Gold Medal was won by the USA (after much discussion) and not Belguim who won
the Team Silver. I have in my possession the Team Gold Medal and we
theTeam, Title of "Champions of Europe". The Belguims were the "European
Champions"being the first European Team. We as a Team also have the German
Silver Platter from those Championships, signed by Franz Joesph. At the
time, it was controversy because it was an 'Open' Championship and the USA
showed up and won the Team Gold Medal. That rule was changed the next year
so the Championships were no longer 'Open'.
Now this may not be important to most, but to post
results that are wrong instills History to accept falseitudes and not
facts. So it is my intent to correct this inaccuracy today, before
tomorrow comes.
I, along with Jeannie Waldron, Mike Marino and
Victoria Varley all have a Team Gold Medal from the 1987 European Championships,
so how can this information say Belguim won the Team Gold? You will also
notice in these 'facts' that in 1987 the Team Gold was awarded and not Team
Silver and Bronze. ERROR ERROR
The complete story was printed in Trail Blazer in
October, 1987, for anyone interested.
tom sites
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