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The article focuses on the move of runner Jim Beatty to compete with Dyrol Burleson in a duel in Modesto, California. It notes that Australian athlete Herb Elliot was not able to run due to a strained knee tendon. Beatty underwent the punishing training of Mihaly Igloi, the expert Hungarian coach who defected to the U.S. Beatty won the race after finishing 6 yards in front.