Word: bislett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Halfway through his victory lap, a spectator handed Sebastian Coe a hazel branch with the Union Jack attached. Holding the flag high, the slender Englishman rounded the track at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway, while more than 16,000 spectators rose to a standing ovation. But it was not until he reached the athletes' reception center, where his fellow competitors applauded him, that Coe understood what the rumpus was about. Said he: "That really made what I did sink in for the first time...
...Bislett Stadium, a runner's paradise that has produced more than 30 world records, attracted an outstanding field, including such world class milers as Steve Scott, the U.S.'s best, Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland and Walker. Slight of build (5 ft. 9¾ in., 129 Ibs.), Coe is a "tactical" runner who compensates for lack of brute horsepower with shrewd race strategy. His plan this time, he explained later, had been "to stay close to the lead, but never be the lead myself, until...
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