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Tamara Press, Olympic athletics champion whose career was overshadowed by doubts about her gender – obituary
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Image of IRINA PRESS. - Irina PRESS, *1939-2004+-, Soviet Athlete Of Ukrainian Origin - I. Press (r.) With Her Sister Tamara (l.), Date Unknown C1965. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
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