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Clearing the 1st Hurdle

August 18, 2013
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August 18, 1920: Earl “Tommy” Thomson wins Canada’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles at Antwerp 1920, a feat that would not be matched for 72 years.


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