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The cricket during the Ashes has been dramatic, but the posturing off the field has been painful.
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Every Olympics, all Alain Mimoun comes is second. Second once in 1948 in the 10,000m. Second twice in 1952 in the 5,000m and 10,000m. Second every time to the unstoppable Czech Emil Zatopek.
And then at the 1956 Olympics, the Frenchman comes first. Faster than everyone in the marathon, faster even than Zatopek. In his book Today We Die A Little: The Rise And Fall Of Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend, Richard Askwith wrote that Mimoun then said “Emil, congratulate me. I am an Olympic champion”.
