RUNNING HEROES / Melbourne 1956

Alain Mimoun en course avec le dossard 13, portrait en noir et blanc du champion français pour Spiridon.

Alain Mimoun, the 1956 Melbourne marathon that inspired Noël Tamini

In 1956, in Melbourne, Alain Mimoun finally bested his eternal rival Emil Zátopek, becoming the Olympic marathon champion at age 35. A look back at the journey of a former rifleman wounded at Monte Cassino, who became one of France's most beloved runners - and whose victory unknowingly fostered the spirit that would give birth to the magazine Spiridon.

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