At the Olympics 2000 in Sydney

Olympic Athletes
JASON BELL

When Bell met the remarkable Emil Zatopek, who won 5,000-m, 10,000-m and the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Games, Zatopek's dog Kubo insisted on getting in on the act. When running, Zatopek always looked to be in pain. "I wasn't talented enough," he has said, "to run and smile at the same time."

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