July 11, 1981
''It's the best Mile the world's ever seen." - Steve Ovett
By Neil Amdur, New York Times
OSLO, Norway — The Mile moved to a new frontier tonight when seven runners shattered 3 minutes, 51 seconds, led by Steve Ovett's winning 3:49.25 and an American record 3:49.68 by Steve Scott, who was...
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June 22, 1981
Can young Steve Scott, Miler and soap opera junkie, find happiness and success with a world record? You can bet he'd like to find out
By Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated
Call it the Seven-Per-Cent Problem. A Miler running at 15 mph—or 4 minutes per Mile—spends a tenth of his energy just...
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March 02, 1981
Having espied a portentous green bikini and donned his lucky singlet, Coghlan cleaved two seconds off his indoor Mile world record with a 3:50.6 clocking
By Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated
Eamonn Coghlan is not a superstitious man. Yet he kept a constant eye out for omens last week in San...
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March 13, 1980
As Coe entered, the meet's athletes rose in a standing ovation. For the first time what he had done began to sink in, and he was moved.
By Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated
The streams of talent and preparation and resolve that would converge in Oslo at twilight on July 17, 1979, arose in...
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