1976 Olympics 5000m
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Lydiard simply noticed that Viren is very very unique talent. Arthur was Finland's Hedtrainer for some years at late 60's.
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@YiftertheShifter1 He couldn't have prevented them from getting into position by the bell. Considering there was three of them, and any one of the three would have had him on the backstretch, all three being out of position is luck, no matter how it got set up.
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@kozmon0t Viren isn't "lucky" that the others had poor tactics during this race. He put himself in the driver's seat and forced them all to run extra yards; they all blew energy trying to pass him, energy which he consumed more efficently.
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The red guy and the two black guys were way outta position at the bell. If they were closer they could have passed Viren on the backstretch and had the inside for the final turn. Instead they had to run wide and get in each other's way. Viren was a bit lucky they all did something stupid. Tall black guy in particular got himself boxed and had to move to lane 4, otherwise he could've won it.
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It's funny that people say Pre would have won this race....this was an entire level higher then '72 was in regards to the quality of the field....!
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@dersinghampault It's actually, "AND VIREN DEFENDS HIS TITLE WONDERFULLY WELL, AND THEY WILL NOT BEAT HIM! LASSE VIREN, THE GREATEST DISTANCE RUNNER IN THE WORLD, PROVES IT BEYOND DOUBT!" (David Coleman). Type up "Viran's fall" on Youtube.
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incredible
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Magnificent - I remember this so well. I was a great fan of middle and long distance running in the 70s and early 80s and I remember recording this on tape cassette (oh, for video recorders then!) which I've since lost, but where the BBC commentator was shouting "And here come the two black shadows of New Zealand (Walker and Quax) but Viren..."(realises that they are not going to catch him) "DEFENDS HIS TITLE WONDERFULLY WELL! - AND HE WILL NOT BE BEATEN! - VIREN WINS THE GOLD!..."
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He f*cked them in their as*es
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virrren virren virrennn!!!!
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Fantastic run for Viren. My opinion he could have done much better results than 5000m 13,13 and 10000m 27,38 if they had run speed runs like today do. He is so strong in this game in last laps.
vekeok 2 years ago 24
Magnificent! What a guy. Brave, clever, and immensely talented. To outsprint the sprinters was amazing. I still remember watching it live, as if were yesterday.
Chris
chshmilu 2 years ago 12