When Gabriel Luke came up injured, coach Tom Tellez offered Johnson a spot in On this team, he should have run the 400." Said Quincy Watts, "If Michael Johnson wanted to be foursome had been selected from the top finishers in the 400Īt the nationals. Silver medalist Roger Black - the Americans bickered over the make-up of their While the British lined up a surprisingly strong team - leading off with 400 The event since 1936, did not subscribe to that thinking. Great Britain, despite not having won an Olympic or World gold in 19 - World Championships Men's 4 x 400 Relay, Tokyo 1991: Many Americans haveįelt that the 4 x 4 gold somehow belongs to the United States, no matter who The last day of the Games, he entered his first marathon. The four sprinted side by side, but at the end, it wasĪll Zatopek, the "Human Locomotive." He won in 14:06.6. Then from Zatopek came a burst of amazing Coming off the next turn, Chataway blasted past, then Schade andīut Chataway had sprinted too soon, and on the final straightaway, both Instead of crumbling, his three pursuers stayed With two laps left, six men were in the hunt. Zatopek led for a while, before Schade moved ahead again. Twice Schade fought back for the lead.įinally, the Czech yelled at him, "Do two laps with me, Herbert!" Twice Zatopek tried to pass Schade in order to The crowd of 66,000 made plenty of noise, however, and the nervous Schade Zatopek countedĪmong his rivals Alain Mimoun, Gordon Pirie, defending champion Gaston ReiffĪnd Herbert Schade, who was also a friend.īefore the race, Zatopek advised Schade to avoid the lead for the first 2K. The 5,000, however, the field would not be so easy to dominate. Had no problem with the 10,000, winning by 100 yards in an Olympic record. In Helsinki, Zatopek wanted to win the double that eluded him in London. They might even have laughed at his horrid form if he had been In Helsinki, however, he was both known and feared.Īll knew of his crazy experiments with interval training, with running in 20 - Olympic Men's 5,000, Helsinki 1952: Four years earlier, Czechoslovakia'sĮmil Zatopek was largely an unknown when he won the 10,000 and missed gold in For the previous 80 on the list, see the links to my last eight columns: My countdown of the top 100 track-and-field competitions of the century continues with Nos. So far, a push from some quarters to instead send Internet sportsĬolumnists on the junkets has fallen on deaf ears. How the IOC will evaluate future candidate cities is up in theĪir. That's understandable, since such junkets were the biggest plum of IOC While many passed unanimously, the biggestįight came over a ban on visits by IOC members to cities bidding for the
Was it all for show or does the International Olympic Committee meanīusiness? Battered by charges of wide-ranging corruption, the organization They have seen any suspicious-looking Kenyans loitering in the toothpaste One assumes that detectives are quizzing supermarket workers as to whether
Baumann's claim that someone must have broken into his apartmentĪnd injected the nandrolone into his toothpaste tube is being investigated by Stirring kick, is now battling a possible ban after testing positive for German Dieter Baumann, who won the 1988 gold medal in the 5,000 meters with a New and improved, with fluoride and nandrolone!ĭrug cases are never good for the sport, but at least they can sometimes Johnson, however, went undefeated in 1999, with the exception of the With losses in 1999 to Ato Boldon (twice)Īnd Claudinei da Silva, he doesn't have much to lose if Johnson were to best Unlike Johnson, Greene is a bit less vulnerable to charges of ducking races, Some have suggested that the 200 race at the Olympic Trials next summer also won'tĭeliver a confrontation, if Greene appears capable of beating Johnson. Two anticipated furlong matchups between the two fell through last season. Says Greene's agent, Emanuel Hudson, "It's really up to the champion toĭecide when's he going to take (Greene) on." Johnson will race me when he believes he's ready." Luckily, the world 100/200Ĭhampion has a good grip on the reality of competition: "I believe Michael Probably shouldn't be taking it personally. Since Johnson, the world 400-meter champion, hardly talks to anybody, Greene I'll come into the room and he'll walk out. He used to talk to me before, but lately he doesn't sayĪnything. Greene complained, "Heĭoesn't talk to me.
MORESPORTS - Greene, Johnson not on speaking termsĪmerica's two biggest sprint stars, Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson, are
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