HAEGG A PROFESSIONAL
SWEDISH ATHLETES’ RECORDS DECLARED INVALID Recd. ? p.m. Stockholm. Nov. 8 Gundar Haegg, Ander.on and thirteen other Swedish athletes have been declared professionals by the Swedish Amateur Athletic Associaiion and their records invalid, after admitting that they had accepted money ' from sports promoters. Meantimeaccording to some authorities, Wooderron’s and Lovelock's world records for the mile and 1500 metres respectively, still stand.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 265, 9 November 1945, Page 3
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