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On their marks: Canadian sprinters Angelia Issajenko and Ben Johnson, the world's fastest man, will be on hand to help open the Scarborough-Indianapolis Peace Games Friday
On their marks: Canadian sprinters Angelia Issajenko and Ben Johnson, the world's fastest man, will be on hand to help open the Scarborough-Indianapolis Peace Games Friday

On their marks: Canadian sprinters Angelia Issajenko and Ben Johnson, the world's fastest man, will be on hand to help open the Scarborough-Indianapolis Peace Games Friday

Date7/7/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: On their marks: Canadian sprinters Angelia Issajenko and Ben Johnson, the world's fastest man, will be on hand to help open the Scarborough-Indianapolis Peace Games Friday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0056860F
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Scarborough honors world's fastest man
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Sprinter Ben Johnson, left, leaves a Toronto court yesterday accompanied by lawyer Martin Kerbel after pleading guilty to assault
Sprinter Ben Johnson, left, leaves a Toronto court yesterday accompanied by lawyer Martin Kerbel after pleading guilty to assault
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