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The return of Poland’s middle-distance champion
More than 30 years ago Leszek Balcerowicz was the junior 800 metres champion of Poland. He may now be 51 and a year into his second term as Polish finance minister, but it is still easy to see why he was a natural runner over a distance requiring both the raw speed of a sprinter and long-distance stamina.
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