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Untouched by professional coaching. Dave Stephens has copied his style from the great Czech Emil Zatopek. During the World Youth Festival at Bucharest in 1953, the two men became friends. An unspectacular performer at Bucharest, Stephens came home and began to break Australian records right and left. Often the races were run in foul weather, and often Dave ran barefoot. He could not afford track shoes...
...Olympic Runner Emil Zatopek, 34-year-old officer in the Czechoslovakian Army who holds every distance-running record from six miles to 30,000 meters, wiped out a threat to his supremacy. In Russia last month Soviet Runner Albert Ivanov claimed to have cut more than a minute off Zatopek's record time (1 hr. 19 min. 11.8 sec.) for the 25,000 meters. In a race near Prague last week, Zatopek covered the distance in 1 hr. 16 min. 34.6 sec., slicing nearly a minute off Ivanov's unofficial time...
...Natick Nick Costes' students pleaded from the roadside: "Hurry, Mr. Costes." He obliged. At Wellesley Square he had the lead. He was running like a man who had studied the style of Czech Distance Ace Emil Zatopek-a sprint, then a stretch of jogging, then another sprint...
...been a British favorite. Even though he won the three-mile race at the Empire Games in August, most of his fans remember him as the man who always finishes second. Last summer, at the European championships in Bern, Chris managed to nose out the great Czech runner, Emil Zatopek, in the 5,000- meter run-and still he finished second, behind Russia's Vladimir Kuc (rhymes with coots...
Moscow won an easy team victory (159-89), but for London, the 5,000-meter race was the meet. Only Chris Chataway had some sober second thoughts. Looking ahead to the next Olympics, he shook his head and mumbled: "I'd still back Zatopek to beat us both...