Word: schelkanova
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest stars failed to show up for one reason or another. Russia's Press sisters, Tamara and Irina, who between them own four world records (and are known to their competitors as "the Press brothers") stayed home to care for their sick mother. Russian Runners Tatiana Schelkanova and Maria Itkina were side lined with undisclosed injuries. Rumania's towering (6 ft. ½ in.) Iolanda Balas, the current world record holder in the ladies' high jump, went to Budapest-but only as a spectator, wearing an Ace bandage. She was, according to Rumanian track officials, suffering from...
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