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8 Fierce Summer Olympians from Maine
By Al Daniel and Sarah Stebbins Illustration by Steven Salerno From our July 2024 issue In July 1924, Lewiston native Bob LeGendre sailed into the long-jump pit at the Paris Olympics and set a new world record. The event was the first in what was then the …