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Levin  \nEditorial Offices:Glenview,llinois·Parsippany,New Jersey·New York,New YorkSales Offices:Needham,Massachusetts·Duluth,Georgia·Glenview,IllinoisCoppell,Texas·Sacramento,California·Mesa,Arizona  \nBetty Robinson's speed often helped her get home on time.  \nBetty Robinson was late again.She knew thatthe train would not wait.The train station was fiveblocks from her high school in Harvey,Illinois.Sheran as fast as she could,and she made it to the trainjust in time.  \nShe did not know that someone had been  \nwatching her run.From inside the train that Bettywas trying to catch,Charles Price watched Betty runat an amazing speed.Mr.Price was one of Betty'steachers.He was amazed to see his sixteen-year-oldstudent running as fast as lightning.  \nThe school track coach wanted to know how fast Betty could run.  \nMr.Price knew he was watching somethingspecial.He was the boys'track coach,and he wassure Betty was running faster than any of the boyson the team that year,1928.  \nMr.Price wanted to know how fast Betty couldrun.He asked Betty to meet him after school thenext day.He told her to wear her gym shoes and agym uniform.He measured fifty yards on the hallwayfloor.He told Betty to run as fast as she could.Mr.Price timed her fifty-yard sprint.  \nWhen Mr.Price looked at the stopwatch,he couldnot believe his eyes.The time that Betty took to runthe fifty yards was almost a world-record time.  \nMr.Price invited Betty to train with the boys'trackteam.The school did not have a girls'track team.In1928,many people thought that girls should not runhard.Many people thought it was unhealthy for girls.  \nMr.Price started to teach Betty some techniquesrunners use to help them run faster.  \nBetty also started to run with the boys.Theseboys were the fastest runners in the school.But Bettywas faster.When she ran her fastest,the boys werefar behind her.Mr.Price knew that Betty needed tocompete against the best women runners.  \nWhen the school year ended,Mr.Price helpedBetty join a women's running club in Chicago.Toprove that she was good enough for this club,Bettyhad to race against the club's best runners.If she ranwell,they would ask her to join their club.   \nBetty(center)with the Chicago women's running club  \n5  \nThey ran a 100-meter race.Bettybeat everyone  \nexcept Helen Filkey.Helen was thefastest Americanwoman in the 100-meter dash,or race.Without hesitation,the women invitedBetty to join theirrunning club.  \nAfter Betty  \njoined the club,sheheard the womentalking about the  \nHelen Filkey  \n1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam,Netherlands.Women would be allowed to run in the Olympicsfor the first time.Everyone trained hard.Theyhoped to be part of America's first women'sOlympic track team.  \nBetty,in thesprinter's crouch,preparing tosprint,or runat top speed  \nIn June,the women in the club went to a runningcompetition.Betty and Helen competed against eachother for the second time.This time Betty won.Shetied the world record too.No one was more amazedthan Betty.Two months earlier she ran only to catchtrains.Now she might run in the Olympics.  \nThree weeks later Betty Robinson was selectedto join the Olympic team.To win the Olympic goldmedal,Betty would have to beat Helen Filkey again.She also would have to beat a Canadian womannamed Fanny Rosenfeld.  \nIn 1928,Betty(center)won the gold medal in the 100-meterdash.Fanny Rosenfeld is the runner with a picture of a mapleleaf on her shirt.  \nPeople expected Rosenfeld to win the 100-meterdash.When the race started,Rosenfeld was aheadof Betty.Halfway through,Betty passed her andwon the race.Betty won the Olympic gold medal byfinishing eighteen inches ahead.  \nWhen she got home,Betty was a star.Her picturewas in every newspaper.There was a big paradefor her in Chicago.But Betty had to return to highschool,away from the limelight.She kept runningand training too.She planned to run even faster 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