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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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:SWE RONNIE HELLSTRÖM has passed away this Sunday morning . He was 72 years old. 

 

The Swedish Football icon is considered as one of Sweden’s best GK ever. 

 

RIP LEGEND! :cry:

 

https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/ronnie-hellstrom-dod--blev-72-ar-gammal/

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:POL Józef Zapędzki has died today.

Double olympic champion in shooting - 25m rapid fire pistol. 1968 and 1972.

One of the most respected Polish athletes in history in any sport.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Zapędzki

 

https://sport.tvp.pl/58607258/jozef-zapedzki-dwukrotny-mistrz-olimpijski-w-strzelaniu-z-pistoletu-szybkostrzelnego-nie-zyje

#TeamMoura-heywoodu

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On 1/18/2022 at 8:54 PM, Triplecast said:

Very sad to hear that, I very much like the whole story about him in David Maraniss Rome 1960 book.

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R.I.P. John Landy, :AUS  91, second man after Roger Bannister to run the mile in under 4 minutes, bronze medal 1500 m at 1956 Olympics 

 

https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/athletics/story/_/id/33372337/australian-middle-distance-icon-john-landy-dies-91

 

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