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Valued exposure: Gold

Gail Devers of the USA celebrates her gold medal win

Gail Devers of the USA celebrates her gold medal win in the women's 100 metres final with coach Bobby Kersee at the Olympic Stadium, during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

On this day a pipe bomb exploded in Atlanta which killed two people and injured 111.

Photo by Michael Cooper / Allsport / Getty Images / 27 July 1996.

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