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Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May
Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May

Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May

Date5/27/1985
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  • Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May
  • Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Triumphant runner: One-legged runner Steve Fonyo waves to a cheering crowd in Vancouver before starting his speech at the conclusion of his cross-Canada Journey For Lives in May.
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      Great effort! Journey for Lives runner Steve Fonyo, who reader calls an example of courage and willpower, runs down the Danforth en route to Queen's Park yesterday
      Faught, Ken
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      with a police escort and passing motorists cheering him on, one-legged runner Stephen Fonyo is entering Metro
      with a police escort and passing motorists cheering him on, one-legged runner Stephen Fonyo is entering Metro
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      Fonyo, Steve, 1965-
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