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Official time for 64 marathon is different from Mathias report of his time[edit]

Mathias in a 2001 article in the Bulawayo Chronicle^[1] says he ran the 1964 Olympic Marathon in less than 2:20:00. His official time at 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon says he ran 2:41?

Robson Mrombe, the other African Zimbabwean in the race that day also says he broke 2:20:00 for his time.'Former Olympian gets second chance' However if you look at the official records for the race at 1964 Summer Olympic men's marathon you see that he officially finished around 2:49:00. My question is: Since both African runners for Zimbabwe are reporting much faster times for their running than the official times, were they told incorrect times back in 1964 when they ran? Did the mainly white officials of the Rhodesian team back then misreport to them the actual times? Endo999 (talk) 04:52, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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^ The Bulawayo Chronicle (Supplement), April 7 2001

Should the name Rhodesia be used, it is highly emotive in Zimbabwe[edit]

I note the change of category from Zimbabwean to Rhodesian through the categories.

Should Rhodesian be used. It is highly emotive in Zimbabwe. Matthias Kanda is now dead, but he still has family in Zimbabwe and they could be effected by this small change. It's is much safer for them if the term Zimbabwe is used. Endo999 (talk) 06:05, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ruwiki article has famous ups picture of kanda running against train[edit]

The ruwiki article of Mathias Kanda has the famous picture of mathias running against a train, for which he is well known.

the ruwiki article is here: [[1]]

I was unable to transfer this picture over to the enwiki article. The wikitext is:

Can someone fix this up for me.

Endo999 (talk) 06:46, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ru:File: Kanda M.jpg

This photo seems to have troubles with Fair Use. It should probably not be included in the enwiki article until these are cleared up. Endo999 (talk) 04:19, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The Bulawayo Chronicle (Supplement), April 7 2001

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