ガンバレの日（gambare no hi）

There is a set phrase which is used to cheer somebody up. That is gambare (ガンバレ、頑張れ). They say today is day of gambare because on Aug. 11, 1936 when there was the Berlin Olympics, in the 200m women's breast stroke race, Japanese swimmer Maehata Hideko(前畑秀子) got the first gold medal for Japanese women, at that time NHK announcer Kasai Sansei(河西三省) shouted "Maehata gambare! (前畑ガンバレ！), Maehata gambare!(前畑ガンバレ!)" for more than 20 times. This relay broadcast is recorded as great one in the history and became as a record and sold more than 110,000 copies. This was unusual.