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Article: Repeat performance on the mark France's Perec gets 400 win and record
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 30, 1996
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ATLANTA -- On the night Carl Lewis closed his Olympic career in
glory and Michael Johnson took the first successful step in his
golden double, France's Marie-Jose Perec made some history of her
own.
Perec won the women's 400-meter run in 48.25 seconds, an Olympic
record, becoming the first woman to repeat at that distance since the
event was introduced in 1964. Her time was the world's fastest by a
woman since 1986.
Perec edged ahead of Cathy Freeman of Australia coming off the
final turn and pulled away with 15 meters left. Freeman won the
silver medal and Falilat Ogunkoya of Nigeria won bronze.
Perec, who runs for France but trains ...