Underdog distance runner Bill Mills charges to an Olympic win—and breaks the 10,000-meter world record—in this inspirational photo from the 1964 games. Raised in poverty and orphaned at age 12, Mills found his calling in running. Virtually unknown until that day, his Olympic race time was faster than he or either of the race’s predicted winners had ever run before. That amazing victory marks the only 10,000 meter race ever won by an American.