OUR VISITORS.
SC HO L Z was one of the greatest of the great whq competed in the Olympic Games last year. He has the record of 9|sec for 100yds to his credit, and is the Olympic champion at 200metres and the U.S.A. champion at 220yds, with a record of 20 4-ssec to his credit. Harold Abrahams has the greatest admiration for his athletic ability. Hahn is also a runner of excellent quality, and won the American junior mile championship in 1923 on the Stagg Field, Chicago, in Imin 23sec—not bad for a junior. On the day following lie ran third in the senior mile championship to Joie Ray and Ray Buker, the former on that day winning his race for the seventh consecutive, and the eighth time in all. Ray was clocked to do 4minTßsec in this race, and was one of the greatest runners in history. Hahn is the American indooy record holder at 1000yds at 2min 13 4-ssec.—a very fine performance, and was second in the. U.S.A. Olympic Trial at 1500 metres last year to Ray Buker.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17781, 26 February 1926, Page 4
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