If there’s a person next to which it is not necessary to pronounce the name of Emil Zatopek, it is no doubt possible Jim Peters. July 27, 1952, the foundry uk, world record holder in the marathon (42 km 195 in 2 h 17 min 39 s 4), feel legs, ready to pass under the bar of 2: 15 pm arrival in Helsinki’s olympic stadium. But in the 19th mile, his plan is derailed severely. The attack of the ” Locomotive Czech (the Czech republic officially came into existence in 1969) leaves him on the spot – he abandoned a little later.

nothing can prevent Zatopek to go to the post…

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