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World Champion Track Athletes Preside Over NASDAQ's Closing Bell

October 31, 8:11 PM

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Beth August

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Track Champions Close NASDAQ on October 30th
NASDAQ OMX (FaceBook)

On Friday, October 30th, three World Champion US Track and Field Athletes were given the honor of ringing the closing bell at the NASDAQ exchange in New York's Times Square, Allyson Felix, 200m World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist, Trey Hardee, World Champion Decathlete, and Chelsea Johnson, World Champion Pole Vault Silver Medalist, joined Herb Douglas, 1948 Olympic Long Jump Bronze Medalist, Tom Jackovic, USATF Foundation Executive Director; Ashley Sutton, USATF Foundation Board Member, other USATF staff members and NASDAQ executives at the podium when the market closed at 4:00 p.m., EST.

Click here to watch a video of the closing bell ceremonies and for other pictures:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653?ref=mf

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