Michel Jazy, the "zebra" of the mining towns who made France weep
Son of a Polish miner who died of silicosis, a typesetter at L'Équipe who became a stadium star: Michel Jazy was the greatest French middle-distance running celebrity of the 1960s. From his silver medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics to the heartbreak of Tokyo in 1964, here is a portrait of a champion who made an entire country weep and cheer.
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