Olympic Marathon Runner Took Fifty Years to Finish the ...

Olympic Marathon Runner Took Fifty Years to Finish the Race

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Olympic Marathon Runner Took Fifty Years to Finish the Race

Japanese Marathon Runner Shizo Kanakuri competed in the domestic qualifying trials for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Kanakuri set a marathon world record and was selected as one of the only two athletes that Japan could afford to send to the event that year. ...

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