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Meet & Greet Olympian Hero, Billy Mills

Wed, Apr 12

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Fort Scott

Come meet and greet Legendary Gold Medalist Olympic Athlete, Billy Mills.

Meet & Greet Olympian Hero, Billy Mills
Meet & Greet Olympian Hero, Billy Mills

Time & Location

Apr 12, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Fort Scott, 2108 Horton St, Fort Scott, KS 66701, USA

About the event

Come meet and greet Legendary Gold Medalist Olympic Athlete, Billy Mills.

Mills, won the 10,000-meter race in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming an Olympic

Gold Medalist. At the time, he set a world record of 28 minutes, 24.4 seconds and is still the

only American to ever win a gold medal in the 10k event. His win was an upset that has been

called the second greatest moment in Olympic history.

Mills will be in town thanks to the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and a grant from

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