FAMOUS SWEDISH RUNNERS DISQUALIFIED
Received Monday, 7.10 p.m. LONDON, March 18. The Swedish Amateur Athletic As sociatio nhas declared Haegg and Anderson "non-amateurs" for lif'e, says the Associated Press' Stockholm correspondent. They were discjualihed from amateur competition after a sweepmg purge of sport. Haegg hoids seven recognised world records, ancl Andersson is his greatest rival. The association disqualified the two njeu for accepting remuneration higher than that allowed hy -the amateiu regulations. The middle distance run ner, Kalarne, was disqualified on simuar grounds. The association 's president, Colonel B. O. Lindman, said the
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1946, Page 5
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