World Champ Skater Beaten in City"
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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 January 1961: "P. Oliver (Hastings) beat the 20,000 metre world record holder M. Wybrott (Hastings) by 220 yards in the national 10-mile roller road skating road race which was held in Carroll Street this morning. Oliver returned the time of 47 min. 35 sec. was excellent, due to the wet conditions experienced throughout the race."
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2017-20
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- January 16, 1961
- Digitisation id
- 2017N_2017-20_016081
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held in
- Other
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Carroll Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
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Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- competition
- racing
- roller skating
- world record