Frenchwoman Colette Besson, who caused one of the great upsets in Olympic history with her 400 metres triumph in 1968, has died from cancer, aged 59. Besson was 22 when she won gold in Mexico with a ...

PARIS -- Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored a big upset to win the 400-meter gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 59. Her death was announced by the ...

Colette Besson, a physical education teacher who scored an upset to win the 400-meter gold medal for France at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday in La Rochelle, France, of cancer. She was 59. Besson, ...

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