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English - September 22, 2022 19:21 - 47 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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The 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered less about the sport - and more about the terrorist attack in the Olympic village which left 11 Israeli athletes and coaches dead.

Yet - the Games marked a key milestone in the career of a Leitrim distance runner and a Leitrim Athletics family.

Eddie Leddy competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase that summer.

His elder brother PJ would be have been on the team as well - had it not been for foot blisters sustained midway through a men's marathon race near Athlone.

The Leddy brothers joined Austin O'Callaghan on Thursday's 'Final Whistle'.