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...wiggles were becoming less pronounced. (Says he: "If you run fast and you get tired, then you can walk. If you walk fast you get completely exhausted, and there's nothing for you to do but sit down.") Laskau won by about 75 yards over Fred Sharaga, 38, who had taken three weeks off from his engineering job to train for the race. Weber came in third. That qualified all three to be named as the team to walk for the U.S. in London this summer. The U.S. has not won an Olympic walking race for 42 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One Foot on the Ground | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

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