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Sets new Olympic record in women's javelin throw
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Sets new Olympic record in women's javelin throw

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · August 2, 1948

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H. Baume, a powerful woman athlete of Austria, pictured as she tossed the javelin 149 feet, 6 inches, for a new Olympic record, at the finals at Empire Stadium, Wembley. She won the event easily.

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