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Title: A wrenching sight at the Olympics
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Chinn, Paul
Date Created and/or Issued: 1984
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: A wrenching sight at the Los Angeles Olympics was that of Swiss runner Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, lurching towards the finish line in the women's marathon. Medical personnel awaited her stumbling arrival, but couldn't aid her unless she specifically requested it. Photo dated: August 6, 1984.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00053775
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Andersen-Schiess, Gabriela.
CARL0000059075
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/21572
Subject: Olympic Games--(23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Track and field for women
Marathon running
Runners (Sports)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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