Craig Virgin winning the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Paris, France. Craig is the only American man in U.S. history to win a World Cross Country championship and he's done it twice!
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@nancydavis29868 жыл бұрын
A rather interesting side note to that is that Craig almost went down in the mud in the early going. Nick Rose grabbed him as he nearly fell and righted him.
@JohnBrown-be6re10 жыл бұрын
Craig Virgin took the phrase "finishing like a train" to a new level, amazing.
@ptduff14 жыл бұрын
I've never seen that before. That's an awesome video. Rivals the Billy Mills finish in the 1964 10000.
@sky231512 жыл бұрын
Man... To even run on the same course he won the IHSA state titles on is just... Wow...
@Werner82412 жыл бұрын
many thanks for that video, old memories...
@kmkfox1214 жыл бұрын
You never hear color commentators like this...the commentating is really pulsating!!!
@tommytempo17 жыл бұрын
Great commentary by the late Ron Pickering.
@seanofafrica12 жыл бұрын
100% right! The worse culprits were our 4x400m lads back in the 90s. People like Jamie Baulch would seemingly attempt to break their pb for the first 200m, then wonder why they run the last 100m in a time equivalent to that of a girl guide. The point of any race is to get to the finish in the shortest possible time, and that requires understanding your own pace judgment, not whinging that someone else has done this very act better than you.
@Tommy1198S10 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a kick!!
@officerdepfife13 жыл бұрын
equates to 4:44 pace/ml over the 12580meters (7.8mls.)
@MultiCgp13 жыл бұрын
Well, my heart's out to Nick Rose and to anyone who leads a race from start to the last couple of hundred metres....then finishes 3rd.....those of you who race, how often has this happened to you...too many times for me ...
@patmccloskey84887 жыл бұрын
"It's not where you start, it's where you finish"
@527708812 жыл бұрын
@kmkfox12 @ultimateklay Good comments. One of the great sports clips, period.
@donalowens111411 жыл бұрын
I counted 4 'tragedy's in that commentary. It seems to have been US, UK, Western Europe back in the day.
@357MagnumBob8 жыл бұрын
So where are the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners? in 2015, Kenya's entire team of 6 and Ethiopia's top 5 runners all finished ahead of the top Asian (Turkey-22nd) top North American (USA-24th) top Australian (28), top European (Esp-53) and top South American (Ecu-54).
@ClassicRocker3013 жыл бұрын
@cicirunner I concur its not very similar to the mills race but strictly because virgin wasn't exactly a no name runner such as mills was.
@ClassicRocker3013 жыл бұрын
@cicirunner I concurr its not very similar to the mills race but strictly because virgin wasn't exactly a no name runner such as mills was.
@HutchDT12 жыл бұрын
He means Steve Plasencia's supposed time of 30:08, not 38:08...
@seanofafrica12 жыл бұрын
Where's the typo? If you mean Guy Arbogast, that's his name!
@cicirunner13 жыл бұрын
@ptduff rivals? I disagree, but it is reminiscent.
@123starbaby32112 жыл бұрын
how long was this race? those are long times... lol
@steveklayco14 жыл бұрын
Why can't we imports British commentators like we import Kenyan collegiate runners? Reminds me a bit of Mitchell and Webb's Snooker commentary. Look it up.
@backintobalance95426 жыл бұрын
Those commentators are dead and replaced by steve cram and steve ovett past Olympians and world mile record holders
@ksanborn4213 жыл бұрын
typo at 5:34 haha
@cesarcoelho72277 жыл бұрын
What a victory. Great runner Craig was. But sincerely he would NOT GET a medal at the Olimpics. Africans and drug finns would out kick him