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    Give it a Shot

    The Leaven by Jessica Langdon CENTRALIA — Olympic athletes — from gymnasts to basketball teams — drew the world’s attention to London this summer. But the global spotlight is also illuminating the basketball courts of northeast Kansas, no less, thanks to Bob Fisher. The 54-year-old parishioner of Annunciation Church in Frankfort admits he doesn’t look like the “prototype” basketball star. And that, he believes, is what makes his journey to becoming the world’s fastest free-throw shooter so remarkable. ‘Almost all of them’ Fisher holds 14 Guinness World Records for free throws — a feat he only started working toward at age 52. Alternating with a partner. Blindfolded. Standing on one…