That race ranks right at the top of my list of highlights of the races that I have seen live (and I can think of few that are on that level in all of the races that I have seen on TV). What a treat it was to be there. Note, the picture is from the finish of the 1984 OT race in the 1500 in the LA Coliseum; winning time about 4:00.1 and Decker was trying to pass Ruth repeatedly for the entire last portion of the race -- seems like it was 500m but was probably 300m starting with coming off the turn into the back stretch.
M&M COUNTERGUY wrote:
Photo of last time Ruth saw Mary.
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