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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4023498, member: 6927"] I feel like I'm forgetting someone else more recent, but the name that jumps to mind is Pietro Mennea, who in 1979 set a world record in the 200m (breaking Tommie Smith's 1968 mark) which would stand for 17 years until the great Michael Johnson broke it in 1996. Mennea also won gold at the 1980 Moscow Games, where he ran down the great British sprinter Alan Wells on the backstretch. [MEDIA=youtube]Fr5U7t-HR9A[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]