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Distance running legend dies aged 78

Australian athletics Wednesday mourned the loss of champion distance runner Ron Clarke at the age of 78.

Largely self-coached, Clarke never won an Olympic gold medal despite officially breaking 17 world records and at one point holding records for every distance from two miles to 20 kilometres.

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