Rahm, his team, Chicagoans proved that this world-class city knows how to put on a world-class event.

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It was the only truly world-class event the Games offered, with India midway through a hot streak of Olympic victories that was to stretch from the Amsterdam Games of 1928 to the Melbourne Games of 1956.

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But the fury was beginning to undermine a world-class athletic event, not to mention its organizing body, the New York Road Runners.

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More than 600 people are registered for the event, including some world-class elite athletes.

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