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Runner recalls narrow escape from 1972 Olympics attack
Born in Baghdad, former track and field champion Aviva Ballas was one of Israel's top runners in the early 1970s. From her home in Switzerland, she recalls the stroke of luck that saved her from Palestinian militants' massacre of Israel's athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.
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