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  1.                                  About halfway through 
  2.                                  the 26.2 mile race, Emil 
  3.                                  asked Jim Peters of Great 
  4.                                  Britain a question. Jim, 
  5.                                  who was favored to win 
  6. the race, was running alongside Emil. Emil 
  7. asked Jim if he thought they were running too 
  8. slowly. Jim said yes, and that was all Emil 
  9. needed to hear. He took off! Emil cruised to 
  10. the gold medal and set an Olympic record.
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