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	History and Heroes from every Olympic Games since 1896; Sunday Times Great British Olympians
		Viren was surrounded by woods throughout his life, being, born in the small village of Myrskyla in 1949 and later becoming a country policeman.
		Lasse also finished fifth in the marathon in 1976, and four years later returned to the Olympic track for a final time, to finish fifth in the 10,000m won by Miruts Yifter, who was known as Yifter the Shifter and also won the 5,000m in Moscow.
		In 1999, Viren was elected to the Finnish parliament.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /historyheroes/lvire.html (568 words)

	lasse viren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lasse Virén (born July 22, 1949) is a former Finnish athlete, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.
		Born in Myrskylä, Finland, Lasse Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promulgated by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi, and Ville Ritola in the 1920s.
		Lasse Virén ended his career after the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth in the 10,000 meters.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /lasse_viren.html (301 words)

	Lasse Viren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lasse Viren had taken the distance running world by storm in September 1972, winning the 5000m/10000m double at the Munich Olympics, and setting a new world record during his win at the longer distance.
		Viren's performances improved during 1974, although he obviously didn't take as serious an attitude to training or competition as he did during Olympic years.
		Viren recorded his fastest 10000m time for the year of 28min 22.6sec when he was the winner at a Finland v Soviet Union international match on 21 September.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1871 (317 words)

	Lasse Viren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lasse Viren had a remarkable knack of peaking at the time of Olympic competition, to the extent of forsaking other possible athletic achievements in the intervening four-year periods to attain his long-term goals.
		Viren immediately got to his feet and quickly rejoined the leading group, although Gammoudi was not so lucky.
		Viren and Gammoudi stayed with him, and then in the back straight on the final lap, Lasse hit the lead, lost it momentarily to Gammoudi, before sprinting off the final curve (see photo above) to win his second gold medal in 13min 26.4sec.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1870 (335 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Top Stories - Finnish line still faraway
		Viren recognises that athletics is under scrutiny for drug cheats as never before, and he expressed the fervent hope that, if next year’s world championships cannot be rendered free from drugs, then users would at least be exposed and expelled.
		Viren acknowledges that Finnish track-and-field is at a low ebb: "It would be great to have some top athletes, marketing-wise, but really we are relying on someone to produce a surprise performance during the championships.
		Viren has served as an MP since 1999, and, as in that 10,000m in Munich, he suffered a couple of setbacks in elections before winning his seat and a role that he clearly loves: the mental attitude which saw him win four golds is still in evidence.
	sport.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1366812004 (1187 words)

	Independent on Sunday, The: The Interview Lasse Viren: Finland's Seb picks up the baton dropped (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Viren is a member of the honorary committee for the 10th International Association of Athletics Federations' World Championships, which take place in Finland's capital between 6 and 14 August next year.
		At 55, Viren looks as lean and fit as he was when he struck gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and again at the 1976 Games in Montreal, a double-double no other athlete has achieved.
		Viren was knocked down and injured by a taxi while running through a Barcelona park in 1992, but he still trains twice a week.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20041121/ai_n12761953 (1410 words)

	BBC SPORT \| FANS GUIDE \| Rider's legends: Lasse Viren
		Away from the Olympics Lasse Viren's career was hardly the stuff of legends but his long-distant performances in Munich '72 and Montreal '76 gave him sporting immortality.
		Viren pushed himself to the limit at Montreal winning the 10,000m and a very tight 5000m before trying to emulate the great Emil Zatopek who added the marathon to his distant double in 1952.
		Viren now lives with wife in Helsinki and runs once a week to keep fit but he remains firmly in the public eye.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/fans_guide/859597.stm (556 words)

	lasse viren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Viren won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters in both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics...
		Lasse Viren had a remarkable knack of peaking at the time of Olympic competition, to the extent of forsaking other...
		Lasse Viren (Fin) l'unico atleta riuscito a vincere la medaglia d'oro nei 5.000 e 10.000 metri in due Olimpiadi diverse(Monaco e Montreal).
	www.111-olympics.com /15/lasse-viren.html (457 words)

	Lasse Viren, Famous Athletes, Lasse Viren, Olympic Gold Medalist
		Viren set the world record in the 10000 meter event with a time of 28:22.6 seconds in 1974, when he won the event at an international match between Finland and Soviet Union.
		In the 10,000 meter event, Viren suddenly fell in the midway, when he was running at the fifth position.
		Viren started pushing up, when it was still 1 and ½ lap to go.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympics/great-olympians/athletics/lasse-viren.html (401 words)

	An Adventure With Lasse Viren
		On a shelf are three trophies from the International Amateur Athletic Federation, given for Viren's three world records: the 2-mile (8:14.0) on Aug. 14, 1972; the 10,000 meters in the 1972 Olympics (27:38.4); and the 5,000 (13:16.4) on Sept. 14, 1972.
		On one wall is a large photo of a fallen Viren, looking up from the track where he has tumbled during the 1972 10,000 meters, with Mohammed Gammoudi lying next to him.
		Viren got up to win the race and set the world record, while Gammoudi stayed lying on the track.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/running/5186/5 (426 words)

	My Excellent Adventure with Lasse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Viren never did much track work; one of his toughest workouts was hill repeats near the race course.
		On a shelf are three trophies from the International Amateur Athletic Federation, given for Viren's three world records: the 2-mile (8:14.0) on Aug. 14, 1972; the 10,000 meters in the 1972 Olympics (27:38.4); and the 5,000 (13:16.4) on Sept. 14, 1972.
		On one wall is a large photo of a fallen Viren, looking up from the track where he has tumbled during the 1972 10,000 meters, with Mohammed Gammoudi lying next to him.
	www.rrca.org /publicat/lasse.html (1988 words)

	Viren, Lasse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Finnish track-and-field athlete, who achieved his best results at major international competitions, winning gold medals in the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter races at both the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games.Born in Myrskyla, Viren became a successful runner at a young age, competing internationally by the time he was 20 years old.
		Viren followed this performance by winning the 5000-meter event in an Olympic record time of 13 minutes 26.4 seconds, becoming the fourth runner to win both the 5000-meter and the 10,000-meter races at the same Olympics.
		Viren's powerful kick (sprint near the end of the race) allowed him to leave the pack and win, in a time of 13 minutes 24.76 seconds.
	cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/V/viren/01.html (303 words)

	Four-time Olympic champion carries torch through Helsinki \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		HELSINKI, Finland - Running great Lasse Viren was reduced to a walk Friday when he carried the Olympic torch during a relay leading to next month's Athens Games.
		Viren, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, carried the flame the first 400 meters on its route through the Finnish capital, the first of 120 torchbearers.
		Viren was often compared to Paavo Nurmi, the "Flying Finn" running champion of the 1920s who won nine Olympic gold medals.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/28524 (194 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships 2005 - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The club member was of course Lasse Viren, four-time Olympic champion (5000/10,000m) and three-time World record holder, currently the last global senior winning member of the line of runners known worldwide as “The Flying Finns”.
		Knowing a good thing, when Viren was first elected to Parliament, he shrewdly placed on his election literature a photograph of the moment when he got up from the track after his famous fall in the 1972 Olympic 10,000m final.
		Viren of course went on to win the gold in a World record in 1972, and of course duly got elected to Parliament in 1999.
	213.92.22.10:8001 /WCH05/news/Kind=2/newsId=31217.html (773 words)

	An Adventure With Lasse Viren
		Some of us were a bit intimidated at the thought of meeting Viren, who has a reputation of being somewhat of a loner.
		Viren traveled around the world many times, but he always returned to Myrskylä, and you can see why.
		We stand amidst the Finnish runners, stretching and talking, when, all at once, there he is, Lasse Viren, looking much like he did in his glorious Olympic victories: long-legged, gaunt, lean, sporting a beard.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/running/5186/2 (404 words)

	Stars of Finnish Sport
		The 23-year old Lasse Virén won the 10,000 metres with a world record of 27:38.4 even though he stumbled in the middle of the race.
		Lasse Virén was a master of running tactics and he also knew how to reach his fitness peak at the right moment.
		Lasse Virén ended his running career in 1980 after coming fifth in 10,000 metres at the Moscow Olympics.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/sportsta.html (2808 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Lasse Virén was a 23-year-old policeman when he made his Olympic debut in 1972.
		He returned to the Olympics in 1980, placing fifth in the 10,000m and, indisposed by an intestinal ailment, dropping out of the marathon.
		Lasse Virén was a strong supporter of training in the woods.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=43478 (246 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports
		When Viren tumbled in the backstretch along with Mohamed Gammoudi of Tunisia, the 5,000-meter champion of 1968, both seemed finished.
		Viren reclaimed the lead, fought Puttemans around the last turn and beat him by eight yards.
		Lasse Viren (228) of Finland in the Olympic 10,000 meters in Munich.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/09.03.html (673 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web- Athletics: An Interview With Olympic Champion Lasse Viren
		One of his native country's 200 members of parliament, Viren, 55, lives with his wife and two of his three sons in Myrskala, a country city with a population of 2,000 about one hour Northeast of Helsinki.
		Viren: It started as a joke in the Finnish newspapers when they asked how much it took to earn one gold medal from the federation and sponsors.
		Viren: I look, but in the big meets and in the Olympics these days, they don't run fast.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20040830_Raia_Viren.html (1018 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Four-time Olympic champion and three time World record breaker Lasse Viren has agreed to donate one of the small bronze replicas of the statue of himself which stands outside the Helsinki Olympic stadium to the IAAF.
		Viren won his second Olympic gold medal seven days later in a sprint finish at 5000m, and four days later in Helsinki established a briefly held World record for 5000m too (13:16.4).
		Amazingly Viren successfully defended both his titles at the 1976 Olympic Games, and came fifth in the Marathon, the closest anyone has come to matching the 1952 Olympic feats of Emil Zatopek.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=32393.html (567 words)

	Running Times Magazine: Last of the Nordic Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Indeed Viren is known for little else outside his glorious Olympic years, due in part to leg injuries that plagued him over the intermittent 1974–75 seasons.
		Born in the north of Finland in a village of 2,000 inhabitants called Myrskyla, Viren led an active life, running to school and back, and participating in many athletic activities.
		At 17, Viren’s talent began to show, as he finished second in the junior national cross country championships.
	www.runningtimesmagazine.com /rt/articles/?id=5479 (408 words)

	Iolani School - Olympic Legend Visits Class
		Viren took time out from his schedule to speak to students, faculty, and administrators in two periods of the English elective Literature of Sport, taught by Peter Greenhill.
		A living legend in his home country and well known all over the world, Viren is the only man ever to win the gold medal in both the 5000 meters and 10000 meters in consecutive Olympics, four gold medals in all.
		At Iolani, Viren spoke mostly through an interpreter, a famous Finnish sculptor named Eino, who has known and worked with Viren for many years. After from Viren about his years growing up in rural Finland and the genesis of his involvement in competitive running, members of the audience had the opportunity to ask questions.
	www.iolani.org /wn_usacts01_122004_cp01.htm (241 words)

	A Glittering Quest for Gold \| TIME
		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.
		In the rural community of Myrskyla, where Viren was born and 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.
		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.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,914507-3,00.html (586 words)

	Observer \| The 10 greatest comebacks of all time
		At the start of the Munich Games, Lasse Viren, a 23-year-old Finnish policeman from the small village of Myrskyla, was not widely known.
		Lasse Viren receives my vote for performing the greatest comeback because the effect of a fall on a runner, particularly at the Olympics, is traditionally catastrophic - Jim Ryan's tumble in Munich in 1972 and Mary Decker's in Los Angeles in 1984 being prime examples.
		Viren's was not as bad as either of these but his feat in picking himself up and not only winning the gold medal, but breaking the world record, showed an extraordinary resilience.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4269453-103977,00.html (1299 words)

	James Raia Communications - Profile: Lassen Viren, Controversial Finnish Olympic Champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One of his native country's 200 members of parliament, Viren, 57, lives with his wife and two of his three sons in Myrskala, a country city with a population of 2,000 about one hour Northeast of Helsinki.
		Tanned and still wearing a neatly trimmed beard and short-cropped hair (both have turned predominately gray), Viren runs for fitness and remains within 10 pounds of his competitive weight.
		So now if they want to do training and competing, it's OK. It's good, but sometimes I think they take it very hard and they are not smiling.That's the only point I would make, and I don't understand they would take it so seriously, but to compete is to compete.
	www.byjamesraia.com /article.php?articleID=170 (1111 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Viren Lasse Artturi
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Viren Lasse Artturi
		Viren, Lasse Artturi (1949- ), Finnish long-distance runner with a unique place in Olympic history for achieving an unprecedented “double double” in...
		Most of the memorable sporting achievers have come from the centrepiece of the Olympic Games—the athletics competition.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Viren_Lasse_Artturi.html (80 words)

	USATODAY.com - Olympic hero Viren carries flame for Helsinki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Running great Lasse Viren was reduced to a walk Friday when he carried the Olympic torch during a relay leading to next month's Athens Games.
		After Viren, the torch was passed to Teuvo Paakkari, 80, who ran the same stretch he covered in 1952, when he helped bring it to the Olympic Stadium.
		Seven hours later, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, a women's' cross-country ski champion at three Olympics, brought the torch on the last leg to light the symbolic cauldron at an amusement park.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-07-02-torch-finland_x.htm (334 words)

	(GCG2Q4) Myrskylän museot by perttuh
		Viren voitti olympia-kultaa 5000 ja 10000 metrillä Münchenissä 1972 ja Montrealissa 1976.
		This is the first geocache in Myrskylä, which is home place of one of the most famous Finnish long-distance runner, Lasse Viren.
		Runner-statue of Viren is located about 300 meters to the east from the cache.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=af7d0ec1-9e88-4ad6-8c19-e01849df8285 (298 words)

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