Three world records were shattered in Walnut, CA, just a couple of weeks before #Rome1960. #RalphBoston in the #LJ, #BillNieder in the #SP, and #HalConnolly in the #HT.
Eugene Register-Guard: news.google.com/newspapers?i...
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Results: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHv..., www.olympedia.org/results/59860
AP, September 7, 1960: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045...
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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. The high priest of mental coaching, #AlOerter, rises from his usual underdog position and unleashes a final throw of 59.18m, securing his victory at #Rome1960.
Film: youtu.be/rP7ky3IvOLA?...
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