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No normal sport in an abnormal society

Sport and politics will never be separated
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Gary Lemke
It was almost 20 years ago that I first met Sam Ramsamy. I went to interview him in a flat near Marble Arch in London and what followed was an hour-long lecture from the grand fighter of the anti-apartheid movement. The message was consistent, and powerful. “No normal sport in an abnormal society,” he would say at regular intervals.
He had another line. “Sport and politics will never be separated.” The Ramsamy dream turned from matters black and white into a kaleidoscope of colour when South Africa competed under a unified flag at the Olympics in 1992 following a 32-year absence. He called me over on that Boeing to Barcelona 15 years ago. “This is what I was talking about. Now it’s normal sport in a normal society.”
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