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Ex-Australian Olympic runner Clarke dies

June 18, 2015, Thursday |

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RON Clarke, one of Australia’s greatest distance runners and the man who lit the cauldron at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, died yesterday at age 78.

Gold Coast City Council, where Clarke was a former mayor, confirmed Clarke’s death from kidney failure after previously battling heart disease. Clarke set 17 world records, including 12 during a 44-day tour of Europe in 1965, nine years after he had been invited as a 19-year-old to light the Olympic flame at the Melbourne Games. He competed at the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Olympics, but his only medal was a bronze in the 10,000 meters in 1964.

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