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This Day in Track & Field, Lon Myers sets WR for 880 yards enroute to 1000 yards (1881), Galen Rupp wins Chicago (2017), Kelvin Kiptum sets Marathon WR, Sifan Hassan sets European Record for Marathon, both in Chicago! (2023), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, October 7, Paavo Nurmi sets WR at 10 miles/Hour (1928), Paula Radcliffe sets 20k record (2001), Joshua Cheptegai sets WR for 10,000m (2020), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field–October 6, Marita Koch sets 400m WR (1985), Nia Ali wins WC 100m Hurdles in Doha (2019), photo by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
This Day in Track & Field--October 6 1985--The late date on the calendar didn’t deter East Germany’s Marita...
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This Day in Track & Field, October 5, the closest shot put at the Doha World Champs (2019), by Walt Murphy Results & News Service
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This Day in Track & Field, October 4, Jules Ladoumegue breaks Paavo Nurmi’s 8 year old WR at Mile (1931), Jim Peters ran 2:18:34.8 WR Marathon (1953), Barshim wins HJ in Doha WC (2019), by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, September 29, Maxey Long sets WR at 440 yards (1900), Norb Sander wins NYC (1974), Christian Taylor wins 4th WC Title at Triple Jump, Allyson Felix wins first Mixed Relay (2019), photo by Walt Murphy News and Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, September 28, Rene La Montauge ran 10.0 for 100 yards (1878), Tom Fleming wins NYC Marathon (1975), Paul Tergat set WR at Berlin Marathon (2003), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, September 27, Jonni Myyrä wins second Olympic title at the javelin, Ruth Chepnegetich wins World Championships (2019) marathon, by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
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This Day in Track & Field, September 25, Dan Cloeter and Dorothy Doolittle win May Daley Marathon (1977), Paul Cummings set WR for Half Marathon in 61:32 (1983), by Walt Murphy News and Results
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