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"The Jesse Owens Olympics": Berlin Revisited

The stage for the 2015 Champions League Final between Barcelona and Juventus is Berlin's Olympiastadion, home of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics gave Adolf Hitler an ideal showcase for Nazi propaganda as he aimed to illustrate the Games as a symbol of Aryan racial supremacy.

However, one man seemed to crush that image - black athlete Jesse Owens. The American went on to win four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.

Even now, 79 years on, his heroic athletic prowess is remembered. We'll hear the thoughts of his daughter Marlene Owens Rankin in a moment, but first Sportsworld's Lee James visited the old Olympic Village which still survives today.

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