Lesse wuxuu matalayay Jarmalka Bari tartankii Yurub ee Helsinki 1971, isagoo kaalinta 24-aad ka galay orodka 10,000 m. Lesse wuxuu jabiyay rikoodhkii marathon-ka ee Jarmalka Bari markii ugu horreysay Abriil 1972, isagoo ordaya 2:13:19.4 Karl-Marx-Stadt; wuxuu ahaa Jarmalka Bari kaliya ee loo xushay marathon-ka Olombikada 1972
, halkaasoo uu kaalinta 25-aad ka galay 2:22:49.6.