In a message dated Thu, 12 Jul 2001 9:17:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Post, Marty"
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> Can anyone recall if any athlete, particularly a track athlete, has won an
> Olympic/World Championships gold medal completely cold going into the meet?
>
> In other words, no prior year-to-date competition tune-ups, including other
> distances, before the Big Show.>>
without doing any actual research, i do recall that Bikila had appendicitis and was
doubtful to compete in Tokyo at one point before winning his second Olympic title in
'64. Add that to his not being much of a track runner, and that Ethiopians werent'
trotting the globe back then and it may well ahve been his first (and only) race of
the year.
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