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Steeplechase champions | Crossword coincidence | Clive James | Don’t call me a truckerKenya’s monopoly of the Olympic steeplechase is not unequalled in track and field (Letters, 6 August). From 1896 until 1968 US pole vaulters won all the 16 gold medals available over that period. East Germany’s Wolfgang Nordwig broke the monopoly in 1972 in Munich. His win was not without controversy, because the IAAF banned the use of the new cata-poles, which were used by many of the leading