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Percy Williams was so unknown that when he won gold in Amsterdam, there was a delay in the ceremony because no Canadian flag was on hand. His two gold in 1928 are legendary, but he was a reluctant hero who shunned the spotlight later in life.
Find Samuel Hawley's book I Just Ran: Percy Williams, World's Fastest Human here:
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