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Renowned athlete bearing name initially misprinted in schedule (5,9)

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I believe the answer is:

roger bannister

'renowned athlete' is the definition.
(British runner, 1929-2018)

'bearing name initially misprinted in schedule' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'misprinted' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'misprint' mean this).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'schedule' becomes 'roster' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'name' is 'n'.
'bearing'+'n'='bearingn'
'bearingn' anagrammed gives 'gerbanni'.
'gerbanni' placed into 'roster' is 'ROGER BANNISTER'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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