Even in those days competition in the Olympics was international. Was it as competitive as today and were the athletes trained as well as they are today?
No, but for the time it was as good as it there was.
Would Mehringer be the "stud" today he was then? No
Would he be a "stud" with today's training and techniques? Absolutely.
The man was an outstanding natural athlete; one of the best, in the world, in his day.
