Kipchoge Keino
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Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete. He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee until 29 September 2017. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Keino was among the
Kipchoge Keino in January 2014
Kipchoge Keino (1972)
Jim Ryun
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James Ronald Ryun is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner. He won a silver medal i
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…the 5000 metres. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the 1500 metres gold medal (defeating American favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun by 20 metres, the largest winning margin in the history of the event) and 5000 m silver medal. Four years later, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase…
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Ryun as a sports journalist in 1966
Ryun with his wife in 1971
Ryun is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump in 2020.