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Discus throw dimensions.
Al Oerter
Ancient Olympic Games
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Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and pianist
John J. Flanagan
Irish-American athlete
Al Oerter
American athlete
Mac Wilkins
American athlete
Martin Sheridan
American athlete
Olympic champion Tamara Press
Tamara Press
Soviet athlete
Evelin Schlaak
East German athlete
Gisela Mauermayer
German athlete

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