Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ron Clarke, R. I. P.

The New York Times: middle- and long-distance runner who broke 17 world records, some by huge margins, in the mid-1960s but never won an Olympic or British Commonwealth gold medal, died on Wednesday in Gold Coast, Australia, where he had recently been mayor. He was 78.  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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