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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:19 am

was a sikh -- alexi singh grewal. got this today listening to onpoint radio where there was a spotlight on sikhs in america and sikhism in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tWg_CR43rg
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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:30 am

http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/94-alexi-grewal
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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:36 am

he is half indian. good god, what a story!

http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=8731
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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:05 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/94-alexi-grewal

I remember it well. He was a clean cut Sikh - no one will recognize him as one unless he himself says so. I remember seeing the race. the guy was trailing the leader by meter and went past the leader in the last 25 meters or so. and no one had expected him to win.

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