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Olympian
Amidst rising racial
tensions, Jim Hines set the world record in the 100 meter dash
at the 1968 Summer Olympics – a record that would stand for
15 years.
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Jim Hines was born on September 10, 1946 in Dumas, Arkansas. His family moved to Oakland, California in 1952, where Hines began to play baseball with a group of kids from their new neighborhood. He was incredibly fond of the game, and dreamed of becoming like Willie Mays.
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"After running the 9.9 in Sacramento, I knew I could break 10 seconds. And even before I got to Mexico City, I had run three 9.1s in the 100-yard dash." |
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