Let's keep digging into #trackandfield history for 1931. #VicWilliams gave #BenEastman the works in the #440y, taking a 2-1 lead. #JessMortensen, world leader in the #Decathlon.

Check the dope:
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The first-ever men's European #Athletics Cup final in 1965 from Stuttgart. The USSR won, while Great Britain dropped to sixth, finishing last.

The Glasgow Herald:
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AP 26.8.1989: news.google.com/newspapers?i...

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#Todaysoldtandfvidoe. Brazil's #RobsondaSilva blasts to PB 19.96 in the #200m at the Ivo Van Damme Memorial 1989, beating the likes of #CarlLewis —who, admittedly, is taking an off-year.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4n9...

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Results and reports: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleti..., www.olympedia.org/results/61448

WA 11.7.2021: worldathletics.org/heritage/new...

EAA: www.europeanchampionships.com/news/world-r...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. In the #800m at #Munich1972, West Germany's #HildegardFalck breaks away from the pack at the start of the final stretch.
Video: youtu.be/1F5xOmznVIA?...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. Just before #CarlLewis began his reign, Mississippi native #LarryMyricks produced an 8.52m non-A WR at #WorldCup1979.

Video: youtu.be/LqyoAB3IiNY?...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #AshleySpencer chugs along to take the #NCAA #400m in 50.28, her PB. Busting her chops for second is #ShaunaeMiller, a future two-time Olympic champ.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZ_...

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Results: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Wo...

BBC 27.8.1999: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/w...

Eugene Register-Guard 27.8.1999: news.google.com/newspapers?i...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #IngerMiller claims the only global title of her career with 21.77 at #Seville1999. The win gets under her skin, as evidenced by her wild, all-fours celebration right after the race.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1wc...

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#Athleticsliterature. #DerekIbbotson claimed bronze in the #5000m at #Melbourne1956, but failed to make his mark in other major champs. His 1960 biography is rather scarce and might fetch nearly €100 at online auctions.

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Glasgow Herald 15.7.1989: news.google.com/newspapers?i...

Eugene Register-Guard 15.7.1989: news.google.com/newspapers?i...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. The crowd at Crystal Palace roars with delight as UK's own rising hurdle star #ColinJackson crushes Oly champ #RogerKingdom in July 1989. J's 13.11 equals the NR.

Video: youtu.be/bVjqi7H2Npw?...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. On this day 70 years ago, #TamaraTyshkevich hurls the iron ball to a WR mark of 16.22 at the URS champs, crushing the #Helsinki1952 winner #GalinaZybina.

Film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ka...

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Our infamous #trackhistory run is back from summer break. Time to dig into the 1931 #trackandfield season. First up, we're tearing through early U.S. meets—including relay carnivals like Penn and Drake.

Give it a gander: sites.google.com/view/athleti...

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100 years ago today, Dr. #OttoPeltzer clean bowled both #EdvinWide and #PaavoNurmi in Berlin, smashing the WR for the #1500m. 'The race of all-time!' cried the penny press.

Do have a squiz:
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Results: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi%E...

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #DanWaern and #OlaviSalsola are locked in a shoulder-to-shoulder tussle for the points in the FIN v SWE match 70 ys ago. Digging deep down the home str, Waern edges it by a mere whisker.

Film: areena.yle.fi/1-50242001 -> 2:03

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. On this day 40 years ago, #EvelynAshford crushed #HeikeDrechsler in the #200m at Brussels. #DavidColeman commentates for the BBC.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Ac...

UPI: www.upi.com/Archives/198...

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