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Sakic
13-abr-2010, 20:28
Shizo Kanakuri disappeared while running the marathon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He was listed as a missing person in Sweden for 50 years — until a journalist found him living quietly in southern Japan.

Overcome with heat during the race, he had stopped at a garden party to drink orange juice, stayed for an hour, then took a train to a hotel and sailed home the next day, too ashamed to tell anyone he was leaving.

There’s a happy ending: In 1966 Kanakuri accepted an invitation to return to Stockholm and complete his run. His final time was 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds — surely a record that will last forever.

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/05/08/better-late/

Alma_Animal
17-abr-2010, 22:40
Bloody Nora, long marathon!! :eek:

Amazing story. Poor guy and his pride... :rolleyes: