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Word: swooner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...added, "Wait until you see some of the men Sunday," when the race would be later in the day, and the cloud cover figured to be less. Aside from Pheidippides, the gasping Greek who established the marathon distance in his farewell appearance as a messenger, the most famous Olympic swooner before Andersen-Schiess was, of course, a man: Dorando ("Wrong Way") Pietri, an Italian who mislaid the finish line in 1908 in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: What It Was About | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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