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Wyomia Tyus

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Photograph of runner Wyomia Tyus running a race at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She is at the center of the photograph with one of her teammates behind her and a competitor to the left. A judge stands outside the track. Spectators in the stands sit above and watch the race.At the age of nineteen, Tyus anchored the second-place 400-meter relay team at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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  1. African American Athletes
  2. African American Women
  3. African American Women Athletes
  4. African Americans
  5. Athletes
  6. Japan
  7. Olympic Games (18 Th : 1964 : Tokyo, Japan)
  8. Runners (Sports)
  9. Running
  10. Running Races
  11. Sports Spectators
  12. Tokyo
  13. Track And Field Athletes
  14. Tracks (Athletics)
  15. Tyus, Wyomia
  16. Women
  17. Women Athletes
  18. Women Runners
  19. Women Track And Field Athletes

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