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For Joaquim Cruz, Eugene is where many of his dreams came true.
“It’s almost like a fairy tale story,” the University of Oregon alumnus said this week in an interview with Lookout Eugene-Springfield. “The dream that I had as a boy came true.”
Cruz grew up in Brazil and received a scholarship to Oregon in 1983. While in Eugene he got used to running in front of big crowds at Hayward Field, he met his wife at the university and became an Olympic athlete…