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FILE - In this July 24, 1952, file photo, British athlete Christopher &quot;Chris&quot; Chataway falls as Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, followed by Alain Mimoun of France and German bronze medal winner Herbert Schade, leads near the end of the Men's final 5000 meter race at the Summer Olympic Games on in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/File)

AP WAS THERE: 1952 Helsinki Games

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken March 15, 2012, the 1952 Helsinki Olympic javelin champion Dana Zatopkova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Prague, Czech Republic. Dana Zatopkova, the Olympic javelin champion and the wife of late athletics great Emil Zatopek has died, aged 97, the Czech Olympic Committee said Friday March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, FILE)

Zatopkova, Olympic champion and wife of Zatopek, dies at 97

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press