tracks on tracks off wrote:
Viren's 10000m in Munich, falling over and setting a world record is the best.
The world record that Viren broke (27:38) was Ron Clarke's 27:39.4 (Clarke broke his previous record of 28:19 by 40 seconds) on July 14, 1965. That was over SEVEN YEARS before Viren broke the record by just ONE SECOND. And Clarke was running solo. I doubt Clarke was doping and there was always suspicion about Viren.
Quenton Cassidamius wrote:
Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time. You usually come up with good stuff but how could you screw this up? No other 10000 meter race even come close. Those two going stride for stride over the last 100m and Haile winning with the lean for an Olympic gold was historic.
It's subjective, or do you always think you are right?
bingo jim wrote:
steve jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-_3Ug3wqU&feature=related
Read the original post. T and F Historian had that in his top 4.
Does anyone else tear up EVERY time you watch the B&W 1964 "Look at Mills! Look at Mills!" call?
I'm not a crier, but damn, without fail, that footage gets me every time. It's like raw human spirit exposed for a brief glimpse. That finish was supernatural.
You always got great stuff man. You ever gonna do any road races. Specifically what is the best road race ever on concreet?
It seems the T & F Historian likes American or white 10,000m runners. Haille and Tergat was the greatest.
Thank you so much. Can you post the 80 Olympic Steeplechase final-Bayi and Malinowski?
One vote for the 10,000m world finals.
Why?
a) Last 5k in under 13 mins, one of the most impressive bits of running ever.
b) It was the point when the challenger Bekele definitively overtook the Emperor Haile
c) What teamwork! The ethiopian trio decimated the entire rest of the field.
That should read 2003 world championship.
I was just about to mention that race.
+1