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Chapter 14: “Olympic Hopefuls” By Jay Birmingham

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Chapter 14: “Olympic Hopefuls” By Jay Birmingham

The one-hour run is rarely contested.  In the 1950s, Emil Zatopek, then the world-record holder over 10,000 meters, competed in two sixty-minute races to chase the world records for fifteen kilometers and ten miles.  The Czech legend became the first man to better twelve miles for the hour, a mark that stood for nearly twenty…

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