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Running a marathon was never crazier or harder than during the 1904 St Louis Olympics – ABC News
This week should have marked the beginning of the Tokyo Olympics. While we’re missing three weeks of sporting endeavours, we can revisit one of the most bizarre races in modern Olympic history.
The Olympic Games have been shut down by wars, persisted through terrorist attacks and hostage sieges, and endured drug scandals, boycotts and fake mugging dramas.
But as far as the Olympics go, the Tokyo Summer Games are already pretty historic. This is the first time the event has been delayed by a global pandemic.
This week would have been the beginning of the Olympics in Japan’s capital.
But while you can’t settle in for three weeks of non-stop sporting triumphs, you can read about one…
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