Dave Wottle - 1972 Spectacular Olympic Finish
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1.45.86 is beyond the capability of those at my city athletics level. 1.52 is a big deal... Wottle got this sub 1.46 time and the Olympic gold by hanging back. He's lucky it wasn't a little faster. But it wasn't a lazy run... you can see he's going faster than a lot of them in that second 100m on the back straight. I'll look at the original clip again later, for sure. I came to this thru Billy Mills (awesome!). Wottle actually slowed down near the line.
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awesome! what song is this?
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@braverabbit17 Golf cap, actually.
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REALLY THE TIME TOTALLY SUCKED. Try to fool us again.
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800M MORE LUCK TAN STYLE
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@LeanaJo76 yeah and he caught shit for wearing it during the National Anthem at the medal ceremony; he forgot to take it off!
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haha in the beginning i was all like who the hell is the loser in the baseball hat? and now i see that i am very salty
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@kiplinggroove Ah okay. Well, great performance.
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@GetBackJack123 This is what Wottle did, he was known as a 'Head Waiter'! It wasn't that he couldn't get to the front, he chose not to. On this occasion, it worked out fine!
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This shows why you should never mentally give up even if you are in the back. Keep going strong and you must might win.
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Just goes to show that all that matters is what position you're in when you cross the finish line.
tybo09 3 years ago 5
Wottle will always be remembered for wearing that white cap on his head. He was so unique. So different. Awesome!
LeanaJo76 3 years ago 3