Happy birthday to Jim Ryun, America's greatest miler, who turns 69 today.
Happy birthday to Jim Ryun, America's greatest miler, who turns 69 today.
I’ve always had a bee in my bonnet about him being tripped by some novice in the 72 Olympic heats.
We all know perfectly well that had it been say, Keino, the Kenyan officials would have moved heaven on earth to get him reinstated and he would have been as the Olympic officials always give way to third world country’s demands.
But Ryun couldn’t find one American official anywhere in the stadium to put in a protest and had to have a lawyer friend, who had no knowledge of the sports rules and regulations to plead his case.
I often wonder what sort of a so-called Olympic sport official who didn’t want to stage one of the greatest 1500mts finals ever with Ryun, Vasala, Keino and Dixon in the race.
No one would have objected had Ryun been reinstated, in fact it would have been widely welcomed.
Nice. I met him 1.5 years ago and he is still running.
Jim Ryun currently has the same amount of world records and gold medals as I do!
Jim Ryun is the most speculated about runner I've ever encountered.he was very good. and he was very good very early, and, if history is any precedent, would have burned out early too (Webb, Komen, etc)let's stop speculating.... or include kip keino in the speculation, because he crushed Ryun in Mexico City when Ryun basically said it was the best he could do.
Prince Harry wrote:
I’ve always had a bee in my bonnet about him being tripped by some novice in the 72 Olympic heats.
We all know perfectly well that had it been say, Keino, the Kenyan officials would have moved heaven on earth to get him reinstated and he would have been as the Olympic officials always give way to third world country’s demands.
But Ryun couldn’t find one American official anywhere in the stadium to put in a protest and had to have a lawyer friend, who had no knowledge of the sports rules and regulations to plead his case.
I often wonder what sort of a so-called Olympic sport official who didn’t want to stage one of the greatest 1500mts finals ever with Ryun, Vasala, Keino and Dixon in the race.
No one would have objected had Ryun been reinstated, in fact it would have been widely welcomed.
Wow, who knew that the man served in Congress? Am I just an idiot for not knowing that? Maybe it fades in comparison to his achievements on the track. Anyways, happy birthday to one of the American trailblazers and possibly GOATs.
can we let it go wrote:
Prince Harry wrote:I’ve always had a bee in my bonnet about him being tripped by some novice in the 72 Olympic heats.
We all know perfectly well that had it been say, Keino, the Kenyan officials would have moved heaven on earth to get him reinstated and he would have been as the Olympic officials always give way to third world country’s demands.
But Ryun couldn’t find one American official anywhere in the stadium to put in a protest and had to have a lawyer friend, who had no knowledge of the sports rules and regulations to plead his case.
I often wonder what sort of a so-called Olympic sport official who didn’t want to stage one of the greatest 1500mts finals ever with Ryun, Vasala, Keino and Dixon in the race.
No one would have objected had Ryun been reinstated, in fact it would have been widely welcomed.
Jim Ryun is the most speculated about runner I've ever encountered.
he was very good. and he was very good very early, and, if history is any precedent, would have burned out early too (Webb, Komen, etc)
let's stop speculating.... or include kip keino in the speculation, because he crushed Ryun in Mexico City when Ryun basically said it was the best he could do.
And Jim crushed Keino 3 times prior to Mexico City: a 1966 2 mile in which Jim set the American record, a 1967 1500 in which Jim set a world record, and a 1967 mile. He also beat Keino in their first race after Mexico City, a 1971 indoor mile in which Jim set the world record.
The only races Keino beat Jim in were the 1968 olympic 1500 final, a 1971 mile in europe where Jim wasn't well and finished dead last in way over 4 minutes, and the 1972 olympic heat in which Jim was tripped.
Prince Harry wrote:
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But Ryun couldn’t find one American official anywhere in the stadium to put in a protest and had to have a lawyer friend, who had no knowledge of the sports rules and regulations to plead his case.
That "lawyer friend" was none other than Howard Cosell! True story.
Happy Birthday to Jim Ryun!
I don't have any doubt he would've won gold in the 1500m at the 1972 Olympics. It's such a travesty he wasn't reinstated after the trip. That would have been one heck of a final as well!
When runners were rock stars.
Prince Harry wrote:
I’ve always had a bee in my bonnet about him being tripped by some novice in the 72 Olympic heats.
We all know perfectly well that had it been say, Keino, the Kenyan officials would have moved heaven on earth to get him reinstated and he would have been as the Olympic officials always give way to third world country’s demands.
But Ryun couldn’t find one American official anywhere in the stadium to put in a protest and had to have a lawyer friend, who had no knowledge of the sports rules and regulations to plead his case.
I often wonder what sort of a so-called Olympic sport official who didn’t want to stage one of the greatest 1500mts finals ever with Ryun, Vasala, Keino and Dixon in the race.
No one would have objected had Ryun been reinstated, in fact it would have been widely welcomed.
Olympic officials basically told Ryun that if he were from a 'poor' country he would be reinstated, but they didn't want it to look like an athlete from the big bad US, from a 'white country' was getting a favor. The lawyer friend that stepped in to help Ryun was HOWARD COSELL. No troll. The US suffered a string of bad luck incidents at the '72 Games and many other countries enjoyed this streak immensely. Ryun talks about some of this in the documentary put together by John Rinkenbaugh (America's Greatest Miler).
malmo wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEV3utanpsAWhen runners were rock stars.
I think Liquori is more of a jazzer than a rocker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HhvwvUYtXQDYK? Jim Ryun was the first athlete to set a Mile world record by running every lap under 60 seconds.
Cheers to the B-Day boy!
[quote]can we let it go wrote:
Jim Ryun is the most speculated about runner I've ever encountered.
he was very good. and he was very good very early, and, if history is any precedent, would have burned out early too (Webb, Komen, etc)
let's stop speculating.... or include kip keino in the speculation, because he crushed Ryun in Mexico City when Ryun basically said it was the best he could do.
Sure, at 6800ft altitude with Jipcho as rabbit. As an aside, I was recently privy to a written week of Ryun's buildup the summer of '72, and two workouts that stood out in my mind from that scheduled week are as follows: 18x200 with 200 jog at 25, and 24x165y in 17. It seemed it was 5 miles every AM...a couple of 10 milers in 58 minutes...some other things, but Ryun's combination of strength and speed was truly other worldly.
malmo wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEV3utanpsAWhen runners were rock stars.
malmo
I was youngster in '68 but acquaintance was ~ Keino's boss charged with giving him extra chickens/milk courtesy of Jomo
( Chickens & fresh milk is main currency, even now )
Keino gave most/all of it to his ( huge ) family
The only real benefit Keino got for '68 was that the bosses let Keino train full-time latter part of '68 for 1st time in his life instead of chasing buffalo-rustlers from all-hours as from '60 - '67 standard, from ejection out of a land-rover
He told his "boss" that he had no chance against Ryun '67, but Ryun, shadow of '67 opened door..
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!