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ndent runner Bob Martin, suspended from Canada's Olympic team yesterday, says he doesn't ever want to compete any more
ndent runner Bob Martin, suspended from Canada's Olympic team yesterday, says he doesn't ever want to compete any more

ndent runner Bob Martin, suspended from Canada's Olympic team yesterday, says he doesn't ever want to compete any more

Date7/24/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: ndent runner Bob Martin; suspended from Canada's Olympic team yesterday; says he doesn't ever want to compete any more. as dropped from the team 12 hours after confessing he had lied earlier when he denied smuggling friend Paul Wilkinson into the athletes' village and letting him stay there for six days; sharing an apartment with 11 teammates despite strict security regulations at the games. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0096587F
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