Some commenters seem not to understand how this shows courage. When Jones had pushed himself for 9950 meters at a sub-4:30/mile pace, to be overtaken had the be the height of DIScouragement. Though running on fumes and seeing victory start to slip away, he somehow found something within himself t...
This was a HUGE upset. Clarke was a lock for the gold, and only a handful of others were thought to have much chance at silver and bronze. Mills was only ranked eighth in the world, and his best time was nearly a minute slower than Clarke's. Nobody thought this would happen except for Mills. Many...
This is the best race ever, but someone has seriously botched the editing of this clip! After the voiceover around 50 seconds in, the audio is seriously out of sync - it sounds like the announcer is watching on tape delay. The version posted by myronyamaha has it right.
Some commenters seem not to understand how this shows courage. When Jones had pushed himself for 9950 meters at a sub-4:30/mile pace, to be overtaken had the be the height of DIScouragement. Though running on fumes and seeing victory start to slip away, he somehow found something within himself t...