16 days of glory - Maricica Puica

From the official film of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Maricica Puica of Romania wins the infamous Zola Budd/Mary Decker 3000m race. Copyright 1985 Bud Greenspan and IOC.

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Sports

Tags:

• 1984
• Olympic
• Games
• Los
• Angeles
• womens
• 3000m
• Maricica
• Puica
• Romania
• Zola
• Budd
• Mary
• Decker

[ChiaraMcD]

@cirosuperiore

I’m an international sportswoman & whenever I’ve had an accident, my opponents have always been the first to help me.

I’ve always ensured I congratulate the winner & have always been congratulated.

Do not create stereotypes based on the poor behaviour of a few individuals. I’ve never felt this way towards our male counterparts, despite people like Ben Johnson or Panama Lewis.

Your comment is extremely offensive; please think carefully before making future ill-informed assumptions.

[trashysinatra]

budd - decent runner, political stooge, clean whilst decker & the roMANian - more drugs than kaiser permanente

[amandaberesford]

It's clear that Budd was in the lead and Mary Decker was running far to close to the edge of the track. Rather than adjusting her style to this pressure, as one would expect from a seasoned runner, she goes full speed ahead and tripped herself up. A sad end for her, but certainly no foul on Zola's part.

If you can't run with other athletes around you better to take part in a solo pursuit where getting tangled up with others doesn't happen.

[spottydog4477]

I'm a brit - no matter how many timz i view this fall -its clear budd deliberately placed her left leg into the path of dekker .....

[vindinArges]

@jxcancan u are ignorant and shouldn't be spreading your lies, Romania never wanted Communism and we all hated it so much that many left the country during that time, u know who wanted to make Commnism look good, Russia! Romania did everything possible, during WWII to prevent Russian rule and system of govt and guess who sold Romania and all of Eastern Europe out, AMERICA and GB, who made fast friends with Stalin!

[vindinArges]

@paulouk83 Americans do that, it's called entitlement

[ChiaraMcD]

@aotearoastyle Haha, okay I see now, you're a troll :) Lol I should have seen it coming.

[lslinger]

And stay down bitch!

[aotearoastyle]

Respond to this video... Just by your actions you can tell that you are an intellectual fraud . Its not a good look trying to be intelligent when you are not . You need to type less not more for your justifications are pretty weak . But i guess in your own conscious thoughts you think you are Einstein crossed with an international athlete crossed with a women's rights group founded by Anti male females . Once again your parents genes were not meant to be mixed

[aotearoastyle]

@ChiaraMcD Youre the attackie , not the defendant , someone expressed his own opinion and you attacked him for it . Shame on you and stop trying your hardest to justify yourself to complete strangers on the net , Also stop taking written things to heart on the internet , stop referring that people are "shallow , narrow minded" You talk about people applying labels and then you join that group by calling people shallow and narrow minded {Is that not a label in itself}

[ChiaraMcD]

@aotearoastyle I assumed that the use of the word "sportsmen" was only an error and so I gave it the benefit of the doubt and ignored it. I haven't" blamed" anyone, I have only defended myself against a vicious and bigoted attack. I have also not "seeked revenge" - this is the internet not some fantasy book. I have not attacked you or offended you in any way, I have only put forward a rational and balanced argument - and yet you choose to insult me without any clear logic. Need I say more?