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Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17,(...)
Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17,(...)

Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17,(...)

Date9/7/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Forced to outside in semi-final of women's 1,500-metre race yesterday at Olympic Games in Munich is Ottawa's Glenda Reiser, second from left. Only 17, Canadian girl was unable to cope with opposition in a strategic race and finished a disappointing seventh, failing to advance to final. In serious competition for little more than a year, she had bettered world record for distance only last Monday.
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Glenda Reiser, in fourth place, is forced to the outside in the semi-final of the women's 1,500-metre race at the Munich Olympic games. Only 17, Glend(...)
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