When he dashed away from a deep field to win the 10,000 meters on a dirt track in the 1964 Tokyo Games, Mills became the first American to win a gold medal in the longest track event in the Olympics. No one, male or female, has matched that since.
Bob Larsen, the former UCLA coach who guided Meb Keflezighi and Deena Kastor to marathon medals in 2004, said he believes Fisher has a chance at history in Paris... His stride mechanics are very efficient. He has a shot at a medal in Paris.
Fisher's best chance against a field that deep and that fast, Larsen said, is a breakaway with about a mile to go that makes it a two-man race...If Grant could cover that move, he might have the strength to pass the guy who gambled.
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