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Olympic Favorite Wins Britannia ***** Cross Country Race -- Lt. Emil Zatopek from Czechoslovakia who is the established favorite for the Olympics 5,000 metres at Wembley next year, won the Britannia Shield cross country race of five miles at the R.A.F. Station, Halton, near Aylesbury. Lt. Zatopek finished several minutes ahead of the field. Freak Czech runner Emil Zatopek, star of the 1952 Olympics, is running better than ever, Pirie reports ruefully. September 18, 1947. (Photo by Sport & Ge.

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Caption: Olympic Favorite Wins Britannia ***** Cross Country Race -- Lt. Emil Zatopek from Czechoslovakia who is the established favorite for the Olympics 5,000 metres at Wembley next year, won the Britannia Shield cross country race of five miles at the R.A.F. Station, Halton, near Aylesbury. Lt. Zatopek finished several minutes ahead of the field. Freak Czech runner Emil Zatopek, star of the 1952 Olympics, is running better than ever, Pirie reports ruefully. September 18, 1947. (Photo by Sport & Ge

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