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Viren

American  
[veer-uhn] / ˈvɪər ən /

noun

  1. Lasse born 1949, Finnish distance runner.


Viren British  
/ ˈvɪərən /

noun

  1. Lasse (ˈlæsɪ). born 1949, Finnish distance runner: winner of the 5000 metres and the 10 000 metres in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The online brouhaha that followed was striking and no less intense, writes Sarah Viren for The Times Magazine.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

Lasse Viren, another Finn, completed a second straight 5,000-10,000 double at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but just missed out on three golds when he finished fifth in the marathon.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2021

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