America’s oldest surviving Olympic gold medallist dies aged 96

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Harrison Dillard remains the only man to capture gold in 100m and 110m hurdles. FMTNews AmericaOlympic HarrisonDillard

Harrison Dillard won the 1953 Sullivan Award as the top US amateur athlete.

Dillard, who had been hospitalised at the Cleveland Clinic with stomach cancer, won the 100 metres at the 1948 London Olympics, edging compatriot Barney Ewell in the first photo finish in Olympic history.

 

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