#Todaysoldtandfvideo. #RayBarbuti thundered down the inside lane to seize the #400m crown at #Amsterdam1928. He started to hit the wall on the homestretch, but managed to fend off Canada’s #JimmyBall.

Film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrpV...

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Results and reports: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleti..., www.olympedia.org/results/57647
Barrier Miner 3.8.1928: trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
Helsingin Sanomat 4.8.1928: digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/... (in Finnish)

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