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...mile race, it struck up the Belgian national anthem-for balding, ruddy-faced Gaston Reiff, Olympic 5,000-meter record holder. It was a jockeying race from the start: first, Philadelphia's Curt Stone took the lead, then FBI man Fred Wilt, then Sweden's Erik Ahlden, then Reiff, then Stone, then Reiff. The Belgian, running with a choppy, high-knee action and occasionally dropping his arms to rest, fought off three challengers in the last quarter mile, finished in a blazing 8:56.1. It was the fastest indoor double mile since Greg Rice retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Anthem Night | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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