He wasn't no 'kick in the last 200' pansy- he was a "lead for 10,000m' badass! If you wanted to win, you had to wrestle the lead away from him first!
But seriously, a courageous front runner, most likely one of the last great guys to be clean; broke some 25 world records and got a gold medal from Emil Zatopek. Sure, a bunch of athletes have had gutsy races but over their entire career?
Who can compare?