Sport1 min 22 sec
Sport · 1900s
He Won an Olympic Marathon on Poison and Brandy
Thomas Hicks was helped through the 1904 Olympic marathon with brandy, egg whites and doses of strychnine.
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The strange part—without losing the facts.
Thomas Hicks was helped through the 1904 Olympic marathon with brandy, egg whites and doses of strychnine.
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