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...index, with 13 nations sharing the 23 gold medals (a division of spoils that might have been even wider had the Africans been competing). Mexico, Cuba and Trinidad fielded their first champions, and Guy Drut brought France its only gold since 1956 when he popped over the last 110-meter hurdle like a champagne cork at a Paris party. Hungary heard its anthem played; and so did Sweden, Finland and Jamaica. New Zealand got its totally expected victory from John Walker in the 1,500, but in a dawdling time of 3:39.18. Hirsute Hammer Thrower Yuri Sedyh brought...
Barefoot Cheek. On Friday afternoon, gaunt, bearded Lasse Viren became the first man ever to win the 5,000-and 10,000-meter races in successive Olympics. After dogging Portugal's Carlos Sousa Lopes for most of the grueling 10,000-meter final on Monday, Viren shot past him with a lap to go and then loped his light-footed way to a 30-meter lead at the finish line. As he ran a barefoot victory lap with his Tiger track shoes raised high above his head,* the 27-year-old policeman was paced by five ecstatic, flag-waving...
...raised, his mother had to clear her living room of a jungle of congratulatory flowers so that she could have an unobstructed view of her television for the later races. Indeed, the two flower shops in Myrskyla (pop. 2,300) were sold out within hours of the 10,000-meter race, and the chairman of the communal council had to postpone his official visit of congratulation until a fresh supply arrived. After Viren won his medals at Munich, the community gave him a plot of land and raised money to help build a house on it. Now there is talk...
After his victory in the Olympic 10,000 meter run, Lasse Viren, later accused of blood doping, loped barefooted around the track holding his arms aloft, a Tiger track shoe in each hand. By the last stretch, five men waving billowing Finnish flags had filtered down from the stands and joined the victory lap to the roars of 60,000 spectators. Left behind was Viren, who had slowed to a walk and looked on with a pencil-thin hint of a smile...
...over the Olympic Park like the fossil of some monstrous crustacean. And immediately the absence of Black Africa's runners was felt. In the first day of track heats, New Zealand's John Walker, the world's fastest miler, failed even to qualify for the 800-meter semifinals. This was only a tune-up for the 1,500-meter race Walker runs this Saturday-an event that will not include Tanzania's record-holding Filbert Bayi-but the poor showing still was unexpected. "I wish Bayi were here," said Walker. "I lost my pacemaker...