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Great Moments in Sports Quiz
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Sports Quiz
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How Fast Is the World’s Fastest Human?
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10 Unusual Sports
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10 Great Sports Rivalries
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7 Unsportsmanlike Sportsmen
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America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
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10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Also Known As Grete Andersen
Born October 1, 1953 • Oslo • Norway
Died April 19, 2011 (aged 57) • Oslo • Norway
Awards And Honors New York City Marathon (1988) • New York City Marathon (1986) • New York City Marathon (1985) • New York City Marathon (1984) • New York City Marathon (1983) • New York City Marathon (1982) • New York City Marathon (1980) • New York City Marathon (1979) • New York City Marathon (1978)
Radcliffe, Paula
Paula Radcliffe
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Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
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Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
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Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Eliud Kipchoge: 2022 Berlin Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan distance runner
Marathon runner Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete
Spyridon Louis
Greek marathon runner
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
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Waldemar Cierpinski
East German athlete
Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Wang Junxia
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Lasse Virén
Finnish distance runner
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
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Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine
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Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
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Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
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Billy Mills
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Gunder Hägg
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