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‘I finally got it’: Two Australian marathon records set within hours
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‘I finally got it’: Two Australian marathon records set within hours

Sinead Diver broke the women’s national marathon record just hours after Brett Robinson broke Rob De Castella’s 36-year-old Australian marathon record

  • by Michael Gleeson

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