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Steve Prefontaine, a freshman at the University of Oregon, captures the entire nations imagination when he wins the national AAU 5000 meter 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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Video produced by Ed Clany and J. Kelly. Editing and graphics by J. Kelly Ladner for the Kenner CVB. This video helped the City land, for the second year in a row, the AAU Girl Basketball Tournament.
