Sergey Litvinov

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Sergey Litvinov

Soviet athlete

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Yuriy Sedykh
Sedykh’s great rivalry with Sergey Litvinov began in 1980; at the Moscow Olympics, Sedykh set a new world record of 81.80 meters (268 feet 4 inches) in his first throw of the final round, beating out Litvinov and Juri Tamm. It was the second consecutive Olympics in which Soviets…
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Sedykh’s great rivalry with Sergey Litvinov began in 1980; at the Moscow Olympics, Sedykh set a new world record of 81.80 meters (268 feet 4 inches) in his first throw of the final round, beating out Litvinov and Juri Tamm. It was the second consecutive Olympics in which Soviets…
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