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    Sam Tanner is adamant teen running phenom Sam Ruthe is a once-in-a-generation athlete

    Sam Tanner is adamant teen running phenom Sam Ruthe is a once-in-a-generation athlete


    The 16-year-old - Tanner's Tauranga training partner - set his age group world mile record at the Cooks Classic in Whanganui over the weekend.

    Tanner says the realisation hit after Ruthe beat him over 800 metres at the previous meet in Hastings...

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