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Lasse Virén was a 23-year-old policeman when he made hisOlympicdebut in 1972. His first event was the 10,000m. Midwaythrough therace, Virén was running in fifth place when he suddenlystumbledand fell. He rose quickly and moved up to second placewithin 230metres. The lead changed hands several times. Then with1/12 lapsto go, Virén applied pressure. One by one, his opponentsfellbehind. Virén won by six metres and broke the seven-year-oldworldrecord. Ten days later, in t
he 5,000m final, Virén fought offthechallenge of Mohamed Gammoudi of Tunisia to complete thelongdistance track double. At the 1976 Montréal Olympics, Virén hadaneasier time in the 10,000m. Carlos Lopes led for most of therace.Virén passed him 450 metres from the finish and won by 30metres.The 5,000m was harder. Although Virén was in the lead atthebeginning of the last lap, only five metres seted the firstsixrunners. Coming out of the final turn, Virén beat back afiercechallenge by New Zealands Dick Quax and won his fourth goldmedal.Virén is the only repeat winner of the 5,000m. He returned totheOlympics in 1980, placing fifth in the 10,000m and, indisposedbyan intestinal ailment, dropping out of the marathon. LasseVirénwas a strong supporter of training in the woods. Thetranquillityof nature creates mental strength he said. When yourun in thewoods, you will have to change rhythm to avoid roots,just in thesame way as you have to be constantly alert in acompetition.
1972年，23岁的芬兰警察拉瑟·维伦在奥运会上初次亮相。他的第一个项目是10000米，比赛中途，跑在第五位的维伦突然绊倒，但他很快爬起来，230米之后他已经追到第二位。领先位置几度易手，还有一圈半的时候，维伦开始施加压力，他的对手一个接着一个地被甩到后面。最后维伦以领先第二名6米的优势赢得胜利，并打破了保持7年的世界纪录。10天后，在5000米跑决赛中，维伦击败来自突尼斯的穆哈迈德·加穆迪，成为长距离跑的双料冠军。
1976年蒙特利尔奥运会10000米跑比赛中，维伦比上一届轻松得多。葡萄牙选手卡洛斯·洛佩斯在比赛中大部分时候保持领先，但维伦在距离终点450米的时候超过他，并最终赢了30米。5000米跑则艰苦得多，尽管维伦在最后一圈开始时领先，但是前六位的选手首尾仅仅相隔5米。跑过最后一个弯道后，维伦击退新西兰的迪克·夸克斯强有力的竞争，赢得他的第四块奥运会金牌，成为惟一一个蝉联奥运会10000米、5000米跑金牌的选手。
1980年，再次来到奥运会的维伦在10000米跑中获得第五名，并由于肠胃不适，他放弃了马拉松比赛。
拉瑟·维伦极力提倡在森林中进行训练，“大自然的训练环境能够激发意志力，”他说：“当你在森林中跑步的时候，你必须不断变换节奏，以躲开植物的根，就像在比赛中需要时时保持警惕一样。”
作者：南山
（来源：中国体育报）
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