Word: koen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sydney, Australia's Olympic Champion Marjorie Jackson set a women's 220-yard-dash record in a flashy 24 seconds flat, breaking the record of 24.2 set by The Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen...
Olympic Truce. How good were the Russians? Nobody knew. But the broad-backed Russian women, who claim seven world records, were expected to dominate the women's track & field events. Standing virtually alone against them was the amazing Netherlands housewife, Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals at the 1948 London games. One first-rate Russian showing is almost certain, and in a game that even the Russians admit the U.S. invented. Olympic fans hope that the Russian basketball team, European champions in 1951, will meet the U.S. in the final...