Last night for fun I watched the entire 2004 Olympic Men's Marathon on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCs8a7XH68
This is the famous race in which the leader is tackled and pushed off the course by a crazy fan.
At first I was disappointed to discover there was NO PLAY-BY-PLAY, in fact no voice narration at all. Just some sounds of shoes slapping the pavement and some ambient clapping and crowd noise.
However, there was great video footage of the entire race, including lots of close-ups, and there were frequent on-screen labels of the various runners, and frequent updates on times, how far ahead the leaders were, 5K splits, etc. So all the key information was provided.
Eventually I got the genius idea to play Youtube music in the background, so I could watch the runners pounding along with an appropriate soundtrack.
You haven't lived until you have watched Stefano Baldini of Italy sprinting the last 5K in 14:20 (after an entire race run at about 15:30 5K pace), with no one even trying to keep up except Meb, to the soundtrack of "Disco Inferno":
I couldn't get enough, so I had to self-destruct
The heat was on, rising to the top
Everybody going strong, and that is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say
disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
When my spark gets hot
when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
(Just can't stop) when my spark gets hot
disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn)
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco inferno