Randy Lewis: The birth of "THE GREAT ONE"
Randy Lewis USA vs Viktor Alexeev USSR (62 kg/136.5 lbs.)
1980 Rapid City, South Dakota USA vs USSR Dual Meet
TGO went on to win the Gold Medal in the 1984 LA Games
USSR hammer Viktor Alexeev went on to win Gold Medals at the 1983 & 1985 World Championships
Many argue that this fateful day is when the young man named Randy Lewis from South Dakota became 'The Great One'.
Check out the watershedTGO moment with the kid from South Dakota PINS his Cold War foe in front of partisan crowd!!!! The BIRTH of The Great One.