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| | Donovan Bailey - Famous Canadian Athlete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation. |
 | | In June of 1997 he raced against Michael Johnson in a 150m race at Toronto's Skydome (now Rogers Centre), in a bid to truly determine who was the world's fastest man. He won $1.5 million for winning that race, in which Michael Johnson pulled out of at the 100m with a pulled quadricep. |
 | | Donovan Bailey still holds the indoor world record in the 50 metres (5.56, in Reno, Nevada, in 1996), and the Olympic, Commonwealth and Canadian records for the 100 metres1. |
| www.softlandings.com /canada/famous-canadians/Donovan-Bailey.php (333 words) |
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