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...bantam-size African (5 ft. 4 in., 117 Ibs.) and two teammates ran in alternating spurts to weary the bearded Finn. Said Viren: "The Ethiopians broke the pace, continuously changing the lead, stopping and then pushing harder again to crack our nerves." By the final backstretch, Viren was spent. His rival, known as "Yifter the Shifter" for his overdrive kicks, sprinted home. Yifter's time was 20 sec. slower than the world record, but this was of no consequence to the jubilant Ethiopians, who danced and sang in the stands afterward. "We are running for medals," exulted Yifter...
...used for propaganda spiels, played pleasant medleys of international songs, the American representative being Sunny ("Thank you for that smile upon your face"). Thousands of flagpoles along the city boulevards and atop buildings bore the Olympic flag. In the stadiums themselves, the most persistent colors were those of the Finns, who waved their white-and-blue pennants, some on poles that telescoped up to 30 ft. or 40 ft., at the slightest indication of a Finn doing anything. To sit behind a Finnish contingent with one of their countrymen, say, lying sixth in the 1,500 meters...
...friendship, who is a loyal friend to an evil man. In the end, Holly Martins betrays the child-murderer Harry Lime because he comes to value the friendship of mankind, or, more abstractly, the friendship of doing right, over that of a single person. That, too, takes guts. Huck Finn, who had both God and friendship on his side, was luckier...
...meter races also offer a classic matchup: Lasse Viren, the Finn who won both events in 1972 and 1976, and Miruts Yifter, a fast-finishing Ethiopian who missed the 1976 Olympics due to an African boycott of the Games. Viren is entered in the 10,000 but is so far undecided about whether to run the 5,000 or the marathon...
Denhartog said the coach's emphasis on passing had worked so that it is now "ingrained into our heads to pass and work together." Finn agreed, saying, "We have been working together much better and more effectively...