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A news item involving Mary Rand was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 29 March 2026.

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Short description

Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

While competing, she was not a British/American athlete, but took US citizenship by marriage after retirement from competition, so I have changed the short description. If I am being pedantic, feel free to change it. Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:31, 27 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

"English athlete" is correct and sufficient. Cheers Billsmith60 (talk) 14:06, 31 March 2026 (UTC)Reply