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After 11 Israeli athletes died in a terrorist attack, American runner Frank Shorter was sure the 1972 Olympics were over. Nothing's worth more than human life, he thought: "We're going home." ...
Twenty-five years ago, Bill Rodgers sent Frank Shorter a letter inviting him to run his first Falmouth Road Race. Shorter accepted, then went out and beat Rodgers on the 7.1-mile course by the sea ...
Frank Shorter would never say it himself but he really should have two gold medals. Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon in Munich West Germany, and four years later in Montreal he finished ...
Attack on 1972 Games Shadows Olympics Commentator Frank Shorter won his gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He recalls the terrorist attack on the Israeli team, and says the Olympics have been ...
Frank Shorter won the Olympic marathon in Munich in 1972, and four years later added a silver medal in the same event in Montreal. He later helped establish the first anti-doping agency in the U.S ...
BOULDER, Colo.—Frank Shorter recently returned to the twisting and narrow streets of Munich to retrace his historic marathon win. Not on foot this time—there was simply too much traffic—but ...