The photograph of Canton's Dave Wottle winning the 800-meter race in the 1972 Munich Olympics is an iconic image. Determination -- in spite of fatigue -- is etched on the middle-distance runner's ...

BETHANY, W. Va. — Olympic gold medalist Dave Wottle spoke at Bethany College for the Bison's Homecoming of Champions. Wottle, a Canton native, competed in the 800-meter run at the 1972 Munich ...

Colorsport/Shutterstock Colorsport/Shutterstock Dave Wottle (center) crosses the finish line of the 800m final at the 1972 Munich Olympics ahead of Yevgeniy Arzhanov (right) and Mike Boit (left).

Munich, West Germany, 1972: Dave Wottle of the U.S., wearing his trademark golf cap, lunges across the finish line to win the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games in what some consider one of the ...

By George Ramsay, CNN The race may have happened half a century ago, but Dave Wottle can still feel every emotion he experienced that day in Munich — from the dejection of the first 100 meters ...