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Show TRACK NOTES "As long as I live this is not going to happen again," said Tom Byers after shocking British 1500 meter world record holder Steve Ovett and a brilliant field in the Bislett Games meet Friday Fri-day in Oslo, Norway. , Byers, a 26 year old native of Columbus, Ohio, who now lives in Eugene, Ore., set a blazing pace, building a lead of 80 meters midway through the race. He then held off a furious charge by Ovett to win by two meters in a time of 3 minutes, 3901. It was only the third loss of Ovett's career at 1500 meters, the other having come at Jamaica in 1977 and in the Olympics |