FAREWELL TO A HERO: Lachie Stewart, Scot who famously won 10,000m gold at Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, dies aged 81

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Lachie Stewart, the Scot who famously won 10,000m gold at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970, has died aged 81. The Alexandria-born athlete became a national hero when he outpaced Australian great Ron Clarke to triumph on home soil 55 years ago. Stewart also represented Great Britain at the Munich Olympics in 1972 and was inducted into Scottish Athletics' hall of fame in 2018. One of Scotland's finest distance runners, he worked as a dental technician during an era when even top athletes had to earn a living outwith the sport.

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