Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
The 1989 Ironman World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at wo…
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