Jewish gold medal contender recalls Nazi Olympics

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High jumper Gretel Bergmann was a gold medal contender in the high jump for the 1936 Olympics but dropped from the German team because she was a Jew. A man disguised as a woman took her place. Now Bergmann celebrates her 102nd birthday, accepting but not forgiving what happened under the Nazi regime. New York/Dusseldorf (dpa)…