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Billy Mills 1964 10,000 meters Olympic Gold Medal Race

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Billy Mills pulls off a historic upset to win the 10,000-meter gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Billy Mills 1964 10,000 Olympic Gold Medal Upset over Mohammed Gammoudi of Tunisia and Ron Clarke of Australia.

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What commenters say. Highly recommended as one of the greatest underdog performances in Olympic history.

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Billy Mills in the 10,000m at the 1964 Olympics. Ron Clarke, a well known runner, was the favorite. Billy Mills has a PB a minute slower than Clarke and was a total no name. Mills hung with Clarke through the bell lap, Clarke gave him some pushes but it didn't matter, Mills dug deep, swing out to lane four in the home stretch and took home gold. "Look at Mills! Look at Mills!". I get chills every time.
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