. >> sammy lee of the u.s. diving team overcame a lot to get to london. as a nonwhite athlete, he wasn't allowed full training privileges back in the u.s. and could only practice one day a week. at age 91, he still remembers his olympic dive. >> hitting the water i thought i did a belly flop because i was tingling all over. i broke the record. >> it won him the gold medal, the first given to an asian american. another first at the '48 games? alice coachman became the first african-american gold medalist. she won the high jump, beating the british favorite dorothy tyler. >> i congratulated her and kissed her on the cheek and the cameraman said, why did you do that? i said, well, she's a competitor. and so she won. i gave her a kiss. >> that kiss on the cheek was controversial in london in '48 and downright unheard of back in segregated rural georgia where alice coachman returned home to a half hearted welcome. >> when we got on the stage for the ceremony, it was segregated. even an olympic gold medal winner had to sit on one side of the stage and the mayor

lee, harrison dillard, herb douglas, all making the journey across the pond to london. we call them the '48ers. dad with his fellow olympians from that historic games are featured in a "new york times" beautiful photo gallery. you'll want to check that out. you can hear them in their own words as well at ny times.com. hear their stories of inspiration and how they now in their 80s and 90s continue to keep that olympic flame burning bright. >>> all right. mitt romney made his appearance at the olympics and now he's moved on to his next stop, israel. he's getting ready for some gh level meetings. inin t thehe b b. eveverery y titimeme o of f. ououtdtdoooorsrs, , oro. trtranansisititiononss® ls auautotomamatiticacalllly y fift ththe e ririghght t amamouountn. soso y youou s seeee e eveg ththe e waway y itit is memeanant t toto b be e ses. mamaybybe e evevenen a lilittttlele b betette. exexpeperirienencece l lifife e, asask k fofor r trtrananss adadapaptitiveve l lene. would you mind if to be i go ahead of you?omer. instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thou

. >> sammy lee of the u.s. diving team overcame a lot to get to london. as a nonwhite athlete, he wasn't allowed full training privileges back in the u.s. and could only practice one day a week. at age 91, he still remembers his olympic dive. >> hitting the water i thought i did a belly flop because i was tingling all over. i broke the record. >> it won him the gold medal, the first given to an asian american. another first at the '48 games? alice coachman became the first african-american gold medalist. she won the high jump, beating the british favorite dorothy tyler. >> i congratulated her and kissed her on the cheek and the cameraman said, why did you do that? i said, well, she's a competitor. and so she won. i gave her a kiss. >> that kiss on the cheek was controversial in london in '48 and downright unheard of back in segregated rural georgia where alice coachman returned home to a half hearted welcome. >> there was a ceremony. even an olympic gold medal win heard to sit on one side of the stage and the mayor of the town had to sit on the other. it