Describe The Relationship Between Owen And Jesse Owens

For thousands of years, humans have been competing to decide who is the very best athlete. Everyone knows about the ancient Greek games which started in 776 BC and evolved into the games we know today as the Olympics. Over time, many historical events have occurred, such as Jesse Owens defying Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics hosted in Germany, an unlikely friendship between Luz Long and Jesse Owens, and the black power salute in 1968. American athlete Jesse Owens had the choice to take on Hitler and Nazi Germany or boycott Berlin. Of course, Jesse accepted going to go the Olympics and blasted his path into history. A shiny new stadium called Olympiastadion was built to host 74,000 people for the Olympics. During the 1936 “Nazi Olympics”.
Their relationship was unlikely because the effects of segregation. Luz Long and Jesse Owens were both competing in the same event, the long jump. During the qualifying round, Jesse and Luz talked about Jesse having struggles with his foot over the mark and the threat of him being disqualified. According to “The Independent”, this is the conversation that happened. “Glad to meet you,” said Owens tentatively. “How are you?” “I'm fine,” replied Long. “The question is, how are you?” “What do you mean?” asked Owen “Something must be eating you,” said Long, proud to display his knowledge of American slang. “You should be able to qualify with your eyes closed.” Long had told Jesse to start his jump a little earlier to make sure he erased the possibility of fouling again. Jesse took his advice and qualified with a half centimeter to spare. Long and Owens prepared for the final which would be held that afternoon. Owens and Long would go at each other, as one would best the others score until Luz raised both of their hands in what was thought as a “furtive glance towards his nation's unruly leaders” stated in “The Independent”. After, Owens landed at 7.94m, Long could not increase his best jump. And Jesse defied the odds and won