If Prefontaine lived to compete in the Montreal olympics do you think Pre would have beat Viren and taken first in the 5,000 Meters... Prefontaine is the man but I think Viren would have still beat him
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Would you ever...?
Interesting question. 2 things to consider here too: Pre had spent time fighting the AAU about remaining "amateur" for the Olympics, which interfered with his competing in certain events. The other thing was that Viren supposedly blood doped, something he never admitted to, but all of his doctors and trainers said he did for the Olympics. It is also true that Viren never placed even in the top 5 in any event after blood doping was made illegal.
With that in mind, I agree, I think Viren would have won the race in Montreal. Still though, it would have been a good race because Pre definately would have tried to stay with Viren for as long as possible, even when Viren started front-running as early as he did
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