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Gunder Hägg

Runner Gunder Hägg (right) at Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg 1942

Gunder Hägg (right) at Slottsskogsvallen in Gothenburg, Sweden. He went on to set a new world record for the mile - 4:02.6.

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