Emil Zátopek · Nos légendes · Histoires & héritage · histoire Spiridon · marathon · Helsinki 1952

Emil Zátopek, l'homme qui courait pour tous

En 1978, Yves Jeannotat interviewe Emil Zátopek à Prague pour le N°40 de Spiridon. Des citations directes, des anecdotes inédites, et une vérité simple : le plus grand coureur de son temps ne comprenait pas vraiment sa propre méthode. Et c'est pour ça qu'il était unique.
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Spiridon arrive !

Spiridon is coming!

The resounding echo of the victory of Spiridon Louis, the first Olympic marathon champion of the modern era, inspired the name of the first international running magazine. Originally from Greece, this young shepherd, in harmony with nature and far from urban conventions, created everyone's surprise. While everyone was waiting for a winner from the English, French or German elite, it was he who emerged, thus sowing the seed of a free race. This idea will be symbolically taken up to define the very essence of the magazine and the clothes.
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Chantal Langlacé à Marvejols-Mende en 1975, portant le t-shirt Spiridon – pionnière du running féminin et figure du mouvement Spiridon en France.

Chantal Langlacé, heroine of free running

The great Kathrine Switzer was not the only one to have shaken up the codes of running and campaigned for the inclusion of women in marathons. In France, Chantal Langlacé was also a pioneer.
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