Landy Fails in Record Try PORI, Finland, June 25 UP .Australian mile king John Landy, who set a new world record of 3:58 last Monday, failed today in his effort to set a new two-mile mark when he was clocked in 8:42.4. The 23-year-old Australian agricultural student thus was two seconds slower than the world record of 8:40.4 set by Belgiums Gaston Reiff in 1949. However, Landy surpassed his own best clocking of 8:55 for the dis-
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