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Crompton Sets Pace in the 1,000 Metres
Olympic Time Trial
Toronto Star, June 26, 1936
George Crompton (a telegraph bike
messenger) flashed across the wire with the best time at
Exhibition last night in the 1,000 metres Olympic time trial, which
opened a three-day carnival of amateur cycling.
George hit the distance, considered the toughest of all bike tests, in
1:16 4-5. The old record was 1:18 1-5 held by (fellow telegraph bike messenger)
Bob McLeod, who finished second last night in 1:17 1-5.
Doug Peace, third placer also broke the record with a 1:18 mark. McLeod
and Peace are club-mates of Crompton’s, all three being members of the
Maple Leaf Wheelman.
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