English term
21 books translated
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to Russian, and 1 more.
platform
From a documentary about Edwin Moses.
I think the Olympics in LA – the build up and also the **platform** he had there and also being from Irvine, he lived next-door of course – that was, you know it was a great venue for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMHTanrod8
at 14.36
What does "platform" mean here?
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/platform?s=t
I'm not sure what defintion can be applied in this context.
Thank you.
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United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
the opportunity to be seen, to succeed and elevate his status as an (African American) athlete
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The Olympic Games were a great opportunity for him to succeed at both at the personal and the athletic level. The Olympics made him "somebody".
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"both at the..
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Hi, klp, I did not know the whole context. See Sheila's comment.
| Thank you, Dariusz. Well, I might well be wrong, but I don't think that the 1984 Olympic Games were a great opportunity for him to succeed at both at the personal and the athletic level. I'll post some additional context in the disc. box. |
| agree |
Sheila Wilson
: The added context just changes the reason: for him to show he is one of the true greats, able to keep coming back
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Yes. Thank you for the missing info, Sheila.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Yep! Oui! Yes! 是!
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Thank you, 1045.
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
stage
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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-03-10 10:52:38 GMT)
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stage/platform as a place (venue) to perform
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stage
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Note added at 9 hrs (2016-03-10 13:58:40 GMT)
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give someone a platform=give someone a stage to show what they can do
Discussion
"But after World Championship glory and four world records came the next big test. The eight year wait to win another Olympic Gold was nearly over. And the 1984 Games would be held in Los Angeles, a stone’s throw from where he trained."