Miss by a mile

Original Toronto Star caption: Miss by a mile: Line of white-clad judges look on as a pack of 5;000-metre men; led by defending Olympic champion Lasse Viren of Finland; get set to lap Dieudone LaMothe of Haiti in their heat yesterday. The 17-year-old student was lapped three times and was about a mile behind the leaders when they finished the 3.1-mile race; but he finished the heat; running all by himself for last 5 minutes; 6 seconds. The 68;000 in crowd applauded him.