Marjorie Jackson Again Beats Mrs. Koen
SYDNEY, Feb. l.'l. The world ehampion, Mrs, Eanny Blankers-Koen, was beaten for the s6eond time by the 17-yea.r-old Lithgow Rthlete", Marjorie Jackson, in the f 00 vards Xew South Wales women 's ehampionship final |it the Sydney Mports Ground. Mrs. Koen stumbled at tlie 05-yard mark when flghting Miss .Jackson for the lead and slowed up, finishing out of plaee. After the raoe her hnsband, Mr. Jan Blankers, elaiined that the track^was faultv and that siie had puj a foot into a pothole. Miss Jackson forgot to take the moisture pads from her running shoes before. competiiig but won the race comfortably from Bhiriey StrickJand in eleveg seconds which equalied the Austrafiau record. Offlcials ruled that the vVinO gave slight assistanee. Mrs. Koen herself made no comment about the mrshap but said that prioi to coniing to Australia she had not niu on grass for three years. Later she deadheated with R. Hallett in the Mtate discus cham pionship with a throw oi 103 ffee't 3 iftches and lieat Miss Strick. land iri ati exhil/ition 80 metres hurtiles.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1949, Page 5
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