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Lasse Viren (228) celebrates winning the men's 10,000 metres in world record time during the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, circa September 1972. Right is the silver medallist, Emiel Puttemans of Belgium. (Photo by Ed Lacey/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Lasse Viren (228) celebrates winning the men's 10,000 metres in world record time during the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, circa September 1972.  Right is the silver medallist, Emiel Puttemans of Belgium. (Photo by Ed Lacey/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)