The
toughest
race
ever
!
There
are
some
difficult
events
in
the
Olympic
Games
,
but
nothing
compares
with
the
1904
Olympic
Marathon
.
One
athlete
almos
died
,
and
the
race
____________________
in
a
public
scandal
.
The
marathon
____________________
on
an
incredibly
hot
day
in
St
.
Louis
in
the
U
.
S
.
,
and
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____________________
lots
of
cars
and
horses
on
the
dusty
roads
.
One
athlete
,
William
Garcia
,
started
coughing
after
____________________
____________________
in
too
much
dust
.
It
was
so
bad
he
had
to
quit
the
race
and
was
taken
to
the
hospital
.
Another
runner
,
Len
Tau
from
South
Africa
,
eventually
____________________
in
ninth
place
,
but
he
was
disappointed
because
some
wild
dogs
____________________
____________________
him
for
over
a
mile
in
the
opposite
direction
during
the
race
!
Meanwhile
,
the
first
athlete
to
cross
the
finish
line
was
an
American
,
Fred
Lorz
.
The
crowd
____________________
a
local
athlete
had
____________________
,
so
they
started
celebrating
,
but
actually
,
Lorz
had
____________________
.
He´d
started
feeling
sick
during
the
race
and
had
____________________
11
miles
in
a
car
!
Fortunately
,
a
spectator
had
seen
Lorz
getting
out
of
the
car
one
mile
before
the
finish
line
and
told
the
referee
,
so
Lorz
____________________
____________________
the
gold
medal
.
The
next
runner
to
finish
was
another
American
,
Tom
Hicks
.
Hicks
hadn´t
____________________
well
either
,
so
his
friends
had
____________________
him
a
drink
of
eggs
mixed
with
some
chemicals
to
help
him
.
However
,
this
had
____________________
him
feel
even
worse
,
and
,
in
the
end
,
his
friends
had
____________________
him
walk
the
final
part
of
the
race
.
Even
though
he
hadn´t
____________________
the
whole
marathon
on
his
own
,
the
organizers
presented
Hicks
with
the
gold
medal
after
the
hardest
marathon
of
all
time
.
