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“I was surprised to win. I thought I would finish no higher than fifth. My previous highest position at the World Cross Country Championships was 24th [in 1973].”

— Carlos Lopes

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“As I watched my elbow go through the windshield, I thought, ‘There goes the Olympics’. “I was lucky not to be seriously injured.”

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