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Oldest Olympic gold medalist dies - Apr 21, 2005
by flynn23 at 1:00 pm EDT, Apr 26, 2005 |
] Born in the village of Basti Danishmandan, near the
] northwest Indian city of Jalandhar in 1904, Khan was a
] contemporary of Indian hockey great Dhyan Chand and they
] played together at the 1928 Olympics.
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] In an interview with Reuters on his 100th birthday on
] September 9 last year, Khan said discipline in every
] facet of life had helped him live a long and healthy
] life. Who woulda known that India had an Olympic hockey program?! |
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RE: Oldest Olympic gold medalist dies - Apr 21, 2005
by IconoclasT at 8:09 pm EDT, Apr 26, 2005 |
flynn23 wrote:
] ] Born in the village of Basti Danishmandan, near the
] ] northwest Indian city of Jalandhar in 1904, Khan was a
] ] contemporary of Indian hockey great Dhyan Chand and they
] ] played together at the 1928 Olympics.
] ]
] ]
] ] In an interview with Reuters on his 100th birthday on
] ] September 9 last year, Khan said discipline in every
] ] facet of life had helped him live a long and healthy
] ] life.
]
] Who woulda known that India had an Olympic hockey program?! Apparently, the Jamaican Bobsled team stole all the thunder there... |
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