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THERE will be a trip on the water, and another down memory lane for Lachie Stewart this weekend, but if we hadn't enjoyed a chat for old time's sake, a special anniversary might have slipped by, unacknowledged and almost lost in the mists of time.
Sunday will be 40 years to the day since he beat world record- holder Ron Clarke in the first track final of the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, but the anniversary of his 10,000 metres victory over the most prolific world-record breaker of the era was not on his radar.See the full content of this document
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Memories of a Model Athlete
"Is it really 40 years? I hadn't really thought about it," he said at his home in Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire. That race made Stewart a national icon, but instead of landing a coaching job when he hung up his spikes, he carried right on work...
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