Word: lindgren
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student's accidental judo chop) long enough to breeze through the 400 meter; World Discus Champ Al Oerter strapped on a brace to protect a pinched neck nerve and beat the nearest Russian by 12 ft.; a pulled hamstring nearly benched Salt Lake City's Blaine Lindgren, but he underwent heat and sound treatments and won the 110-meter hurdles anyway...
...Young," He Said. The olive in the martini was Gerry Lindgren, a mere babe of 18, just out of high school in Spokane, Wash., and running only his second race at 10,000 meters, twice the length he is used to. "Too young," advised Soviet Coach Korobkov solicitously. "You should not let him run such distances until he is older." For the first 14 laps, Lindgren (no kin to Blaine) stuck doggedly just off the pace. Then, just to see if he could do it, he kicked past both Russians and sprinted a lap. At the 22nd lap, he began...