Mike McLeod was an underrated athlete who delivered big time. He has a better Olympic medal than Foster and should even have received gold after Cova's blood doping confession.
I am wondering where is that great 5000 metres from Rome 1974 where Brendan Foster was really blazing. He would have done a great new world record if there would have been someone to question his gold medal. Besides Foster is a British gentleman and a friend of the great Finnish atheletes like Lasse Viren.
McLeod won Silver at the LA Olympics. 2nd best in the whole world! Nowadays, if he was the 102nd best footballer in the world he would be both treated and paid as a superstar.
I was there! It was the UK championships at Meadowbank. They took out the first 4 laps in 4:13 and after then it was a cat and mouse game. The last 200 was spectacular (aboutr 25 secs.). This was the best inter-British 5000 race ever!
The quality of opposition in the Montreal Olymipc 10,000 was far superior to LA
aliboy1960 1 year ago
Mike McLeod was an underrated athlete who delivered big time. He has a better Olympic medal than Foster and should even have received gold after Cova's blood doping confession.
KingLiopleurodon 1 year ago
It's great to have Deano on here. Lord Coe's international PR agent. Deano's now lobbying the Palace and No. 10 to get Seb's Knighthood sorted.
bootymanager 2 years ago
I'm glad McCloud won because Foster cut him up.
ann2shoes 2 years ago
I am wondering where is that great 5000 metres from Rome 1974 where Brendan Foster was really blazing. He would have done a great new world record if there would have been someone to question his gold medal. Besides Foster is a British gentleman and a friend of the great Finnish atheletes like Lasse Viren.
FinnMove 2 years ago
I think McCloud was a secondary runner to Foster. The world never saw how great runner Brendan Foster really was.
This is my compliment to a fine British gentleman.
FinnMove 2 years ago
Now Bren - you know better than to cut up Mick on the final bend and rile him up.
LPCLASSICAL 2 years ago
Interestingly a couple of months later Coe beat McLeod over 4 miles on the road by 7 seconds and broke Foster's course record in the process.
deano27671 2 years ago
Wow what a race. Would like to have seen coe and ovett battling it out like that but it never happened.
LPCLASSICAL 3 years ago
McLeod won Silver at the LA Olympics. 2nd best in the whole world! Nowadays, if he was the 102nd best footballer in the world he would be both treated and paid as a superstar.
athleticscoach2012 3 years ago
McLeod should've had the gold. Cova was a doper too, just like that lanky blonde-haired cheating bastard Vainio.
bootymanager 2 years ago
he should have gold! 1st place was a cheat too.
NATIONALISTgeordie 2 years ago
great to watch, thanks
basilcruncher 4 years ago
I was there! It was the UK championships at Meadowbank. They took out the first 4 laps in 4:13 and after then it was a cat and mouse game. The last 200 was spectacular (aboutr 25 secs.). This was the best inter-British 5000 race ever!
ghai38 4 years ago