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World Service,1 min

Ron Clarke: 'The last lap was just survival - then blackness.'

Sporting Witness

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At the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the world looked on in horror as the Australian runner, Ron Clarke the race favourite, collapsed at the finishing line of the 10,000 metres. His heart had stopped. How does he remember the event? Image: Ron Clarke, in second place, shortly before his collapse. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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