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Faces another boycott

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Faces another boycott

Date2/1/1980

Names

Lennon, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Faces another boycott: Kenyan runner Mike Boit; shown with his trophy after winning the 1;000-yard Friday night at the Toronto Star Maple Leaf Indoor Games; is facing another Olympic boycott after Kenya announced yesterday it would not send a team to the Moscow Olympics.

Subject

Track and field

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098576F

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