Steve Prefontaine, a sophomore at the University of Oregon, captures the entire nations imagination when he wins the national AAU 3 mile championships. Shortly afterward he made the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Less then two years later, Prefontaine ran in the Olympics and lost to Lasse Viren of Finland whose entire team was later found to be blood doping.
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