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...time the great Gunder Hägg had finished his eighth and last U.S. race at the Triborough Stadium of New York City last week, the lean, blond Swede with the quick flash of mordant wit and the flawless leg action had done something to U.S. track performances. Without apparent exertion he had lowered the old standards that once meant championship running...
...gg standards his last race was a failure. Competing with two top-flight U.S. runners he did no better than 4:06.9, far short of the still unattainable mark of four minutes flat which many a Hägg fan hoped he might hit on his U.S. tour...
Gunder Hägg, the Swedish track flash, set a world's record for the twomile: 8 min. 53.9 sec. He had already been making time in Hollywood-for a traveling companion around one movie lot he had green-eyed Greer Garson...
...following night, the anniversary of his two-mile record, Hägg had a chance to do something equally spectacular. He toed the mark with Gilbert Dodds and three other U.S. runners in an invitation two-mile race at Chicago's Soldier Field. But U.S. pacemakers again failed to hurry Hägg. Though he finished 20 yards in front of Dodds and posted the third fastest two miles ever run in the U.S., Hägg's time (9:02.8) was 15 seconds away from his record...
While Hägg entrained for California, third stop on his nationwide tour, U.S. track officials began pulling wires to get a transatlantic passage for the shadow Hägg left behind...