The longest race
Boris Mange makes Olympic souvenirs. More remarkable is the story behind them.
The Mange family moved from canton Vaud to present day Ukraine in the late 1700s. What follows is a tale of hardship and perseverance that ends with the start of a new life in Canada. Today Boris Mange, 85, lives in Vancouver and is one of the few local manufacturers of official Olympic merchandise. (Tim Neville, swissinfo.ch)
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