Charles Hefferon

South African athlete

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In Dorando Pietri: Falling at the Finish
The favorite, Charles Hefferon of South Africa, led until the final six miles. Pietri’s handler reportedly then gave the Italian an invigorating shot of strychnine. (Pietri later blamed his failure to complete the race not on adverse affects of the strychnine but on having eaten too much…
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