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The 1904 Olympic Marathon Was Rigged, Poisoned, and Nearly Fatal

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Visual credits: - "1904 Olympics- Runners lined up at start of Marathon Race, receiving instructions immediately prior to start.jpg" by Nathan Lazarnick, New York; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1904 Olympics- Runners lined up at start of Marathon Race, receiving instructions immediately prior to start.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Start of Olympic Marathon 1904.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Start of Olympic Marathon 1904.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 15).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_15).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 15).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -12 Michael Spring (cropped).jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -12 Michael Spring (cropped).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 30).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_30).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 30).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -9 Frank Pierce; -12 Michael Spring; -32 Charilaos Giannakas; -20 Thomas Hicks; -10 Sam Mellor.jpg" by Unknown authorUnknown author; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runners circling the stadium track for the first time during the Marathon Race in the 1904 Olympics during Louisiana Purchase Exposition. -9 Frank Pierce; -12 Michael Spring; -32 Charilaos Giannakas; -20 Thomas Hicks; -10 Sam Mellor.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 7).jpg" by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.); No restrictions //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition-_St._Louis_World%27s_Fair_Album_2_-_DPLA_-_3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b_(page_7).jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisiana Purchase Exposition- St. Louis World's Fair Album 2 - DPLA - 3513c7e314d47aa6b0a65c125626f31b (page 7).jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video.

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