The world’s greatest sporting occasion is rife with odd occurrences and unlikely heroes. Witness Dorando Pietri, who missed out onracing gold after being helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials, and Fred Lorz, who crossed the line firstMoreThe world’s greatest sporting occasion is rife with odd occurrences and unlikely heroes. Witness Dorando Pietri, who missed out on racing gold after being helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials, and Fred Lorz, who crossed the line first at the end of the 1904 marathon but was disqualified after it was discovered that he had hitched a lift in a car.