On August 30, 1991 in Celtic History

Liz MC colgan won the world athletics championship, 10,000 metres in tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

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Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship, 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of, 20 seconds.

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Fri 30 Aug 1991

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