Slowest Olympic win since 1932.
Even worse than Farah's slowest gold since 1992.
NOP = one-trick ponies with no good times in the events they "race" (at women's pace).
Slowest Olympic win since 1932.
Even worse than Farah's slowest gold since 1992.
NOP = one-trick ponies with no good times in the events they "race" (at women's pace).
from wiki:
The athletics events had the most international field of any of the sports. The major highlight was the marathon, held for the first time in international competition. Spyridon Louis, a previously unrecognised water carrier, won the event to become the only Greek athletics champion and a national hero. Although Greece had been favoured to win the discus and the shot put, the best Greek athletes finished just behind the American Robert Garrett in both events.[3]
No world records were set, as few top international competitors had elected to compete. In addition, the curves of the track were very tight, making fast times in the running events virtually impossible. Despite this, Thomas Burke, of the United States, won the 100-meter race in 12.0 seconds and the 400-meter race in 54.2 seconds. Burke was the only one who used the "crouch start" (putting his knee on soil), confusing the jury. Eventually, he was allowed to start from this "uncomfortable position".[43]
Australian competitor Edwin Flack came to Athens to watch the games, but decided to compete in the athletics events. He won two races—the 800-meter and the 1500-meter.
Brojos or site mods are wrong !!! The diary is genuine til proven otherwise!!! A momentous day !!!
I'm so confused. With all these guys that are so much faster than Centro, why didn't they just run faster than him at the Olympics? You know, because it was so slow, they could have just gone to the front and run the race right out of him.
Were they afraid to lead or something? Did they think they would get outkicked? It seems like Centro did okay holding off all the charges of these faster runners. Couldn't they do that too?
I'll guess we'll never know because they were too chickenshat to try, and the one guy that led for almost the entire race, you guys are going to bag on. I guess I'm missing the subtle logic of some you.
OMG
The gold medal was given to the person crossing the line first. We have fielded better milers (Ryun) who didnt cross first. On the day, Centro competed and won.
I have seen ridiculous respinses to good or great performances "if he ran this now, what can he eventually run?" And often that becomes their fastest ever.
Enjoy the moment, honor the champion. Dont ask for more. Maybe it will come, maybe not. Meh.
AND the diary was funny. I'll bet Matt laughed too. He seems to take the sport seriously but not himself. A lesson for all of us.
Stop being so angry and taking this so personally. It's a sport. A beautiful sport. Smile.