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2 unusual facts about Don Styron


Don Styron

Hurdler Don Styron was a twin, his brother being David Styron (a sprinter), who followed their track coach, Lew Hartzog, from Wheat Ridge High School in Colorado to attend Northeast Louisiana State University.

Laurent Ottoz

While inferior to the last official world record in the race, a hand timed 21.9 by Don Styron in 1960, Ottoz bettered the previous best automatic time 22.63 held by Colin Jackson, arguably the best hurdler in the world at that time.



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