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  •   Home > News > Sports > Athletics

    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title

    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title


    The 15-year-old has won the men's 3000m at the Potts Classic in Hastings in a time of seven minutes 56.18

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