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WELLINGTON: New Zealand running great Peter Snell, a triple Olympic gold medallist, has died at the age of 80, sports historian Ron Palenski said on Saturday. Palenski, a close friend, said Snell´s wife Miki had phoned him from their home in Dallas to tell him of the death. The couple were preparing to go shopping when “Peter nodded off, as …

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