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... yards at the halfway stage . When , with only three laps to go , he increased his lead to 100 yards eyes began to pop . In the end the event split into what were virtually two races as so often happens , but rarely so dramatically ...
... yards at the halfway stage . When , with only three laps to go , he increased his lead to 100 yards eyes began to pop . In the end the event split into what were virtually two races as so often happens , but rarely so dramatically ...
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... yards , so in this race of races the Russian , still leading , broke the essentially British three - mile record , which he had taken from Chataway in the course of the Berne race , while Chataway's final burst , within fifty yards of ...
... yards , so in this race of races the Russian , still leading , broke the essentially British three - mile record , which he had taken from Chataway in the course of the Berne race , while Chataway's final burst , within fifty yards of ...
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... yards , with a vertical drop of over half a mile , in 0.15 second under two minutes - and he didn't fall ! To me Killy never had the grace of his triple - winning predecessor , Toni Sailer . The Frenchman seemed to prod himself down the ...
... yards , with a vertical drop of over half a mile , in 0.15 second under two minutes - and he didn't fall ! To me Killy never had the grace of his triple - winning predecessor , Toni Sailer . The Frenchman seemed to prod himself down the ...
Contents
Sometimes it was the Street of Misadventure until 1935 | 19 |
Mirror Mirror on the Ball 19357 | 31 |
The End of the Beginning 193840 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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