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Start of a women's 100-metre sprint
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American athlete
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce smiles and holds the Jamaican flag behind her after winning the Women's 100 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican sprinter
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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Tommie Smith
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Marie-José Pérec
French athlete
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
American athlete
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
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American athlete
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
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Ralph Metcalfe
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Gail Devers
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Alberto Juantorena
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Helen Stephens
American athlete
Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell
British athlete
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Alice Coachman
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