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twenty-six
• At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the twenty-six mile marathon race from Windsor to White City was extended by 385 yards to finish in front of the Royal box. All modern marathons have been 26 miles 385 yards long ever since.
• A London football team has won the FA Cup twenty-six times (Arsenal 9, Spurs 8, Chelsea 3, West Ham 3, Wimbledon 1, Charlton 1, Clapham Rovers 1). • The Docklands Light Railway is 26km long. • Bus route 26 runs from Waterloo to Hackney Wick. |
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