I remember Pietro Mennea back in the early 80’s in Athens Greece at a meeting winning the 200 meter. I was about 15-16 then. After the receiving the gold metal, he approached a disabled person on a wheel chair who was in the field and gave him his gold metal. What a wonderful memory. Thanks Pietro !
@salvatorepandolfo91963 жыл бұрын
Emil K Pietro not Pedro. Mennea was italian not spanish.
@emilk39533 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the correction
@willantonio64203 жыл бұрын
instablaster.
@jerryoshea31164 ай бұрын
That is 24ct Class! ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️👍
@dubbelhenke8543 жыл бұрын
Mennea wasn't tall or particularly muscular but his wonderful technique and relaxed running was astounding. He was my track&field idol. Also it was a joy to watch his style, he ran so beautifully. And today another Italian won the olympics in Tokyo. And a gold medal in high jump! Congrats Italy - European Championship in soccer, Eurovision contest and now this!
@lucavendra90163 жыл бұрын
Ten minutes First the high jump for Italy
@urbanjunglegroove12383 жыл бұрын
Yes, his style especially in the 200 metres was always fascinating! I always had the feeling that after the bend he would shift into 4th gear.
@temp8502 жыл бұрын
Sadly, he admitted to using human growth hormone even though it wasn't illegal at that time. Still serious questions around using it though. And now, there is a strong narrative around Alan Wells and drugs. This doesn't diminish their great talents, it just reminds us they are human and given to failure like us all.
@carlobrotto7132 Жыл бұрын
@@temp850 what time r u talkin' about ? Saying repeatdly " he admitted use of growth hormone" like you& someone else from english speaking countries usually and not underlining that he did ONLY ONE TIME after olympics 84, is an hypocrit way to not recognize outer
@carlobrotto7132 Жыл бұрын
outer people's greatness. People like
@lucaspalvieri92523 жыл бұрын
Pietro Mennea "la freccia del sud" il più grande atleta italiano di tutti i tempi,per spirito di sacrificio,dedizione e mentalità.Altro che Tomba atleta del secolo...non c'è confronto!Grazie Mennea per tutte le soddisfazioni ci hai regalato in una disciplina ostica ai colori azzurri.
@tagstefmusic3 жыл бұрын
condivido!!!
@enricos.93803 жыл бұрын
Condivido al 100% 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@mariomarini37743 жыл бұрын
Il solito neoborbonico.....Mennea non lo era.....
@lucaspalvieri92523 жыл бұрын
@@mariomarini3774 ...neanche io visto che sono bolognese
@mariomarini37743 жыл бұрын
@@lucaspalvieri9252 Un cervello di sardina.....
@mlccrl3 жыл бұрын
Grandissimo Pietro. Ha dimostrato di essere il migliore anche nei 100. Li ha messi tutti in fila a cominciare da quel pallone gonfiato di Wells. Avevo 18 anni e non posso scordare la finale che vidi in bianco e nero.
@emmannamontini72523 жыл бұрын
'pallone gonfiato' ?...non è bello, Wells è stato un grande velocista e ha vinto i 100 metri nell'Olimpiade del 1980 ed è stato appena battuto da Mennea nei 200.
@mariomarini37743 жыл бұрын
@@emmannamontini7252 Appunto.......offese gratuite dei soliti borbonacci che anche Mennea detestava.......n.b. Alle olimpiadi 1980 nei 200 metri Mennea fu penalizzato dalla ottava corsia, altrimenti avrebbe vinto più agevolmente, non a caso dopo quelle olimpiadi il regolamento è stato cambiato, chi vince le semifinali ha diritto alle corsie 4 e 5
@Anastasia-qp4jq6 ай бұрын
That feeling when Dad told you that he is on KZbin now, but it's a video from 1978 😅 Proud of you Volodimir Ignatenko. You were rocking 🔥❤
@michaelmisczuk11882 ай бұрын
That is SOME video from your Dad.
@nautilusnemo80462 ай бұрын
Congratulations to the talented dad. I remember it well. One who, together with the great Valeriy Borzov, gave our Pietro Mennea a hard time.
@Anastasia-qp4jq2 ай бұрын
@@nautilusnemo8046 Thanks so much! Appreciate it, I'll send your congrats directly to him 💙💛
@StanleyPinchak Жыл бұрын
Back when Europe was European
@russellkane94393 жыл бұрын
Questo era mennea... un grande... volonta di vincere sempre in ogni gara...
@luigipelella70323 жыл бұрын
Grande, grande Mennea. Riposa in "Pace", ciao Pietro e grazie x "Ttto". 😢
@Ν11-φ9ρ3 жыл бұрын
Made us all proud and attached to the tv with excitement and goosebumps... Roberto Baggio had the same Effect. And Italy in General during world cups. Ahhhh memories
@lekunberriko18 жыл бұрын
in my opinion, Mennea was the best. Mennea forever.
@dundukas78994 жыл бұрын
name chrckd out
@cristianpastarini47983 жыл бұрын
La freccia del sud....rip
@michelerossetto61473 жыл бұрын
Ciao Antonio, com'era l'antidoping a quei tempi?
@michelerossetto61473 жыл бұрын
Com'era l'antidoping a quei tempi?
@stefano37152 жыл бұрын
Tra anonimi volti nutriti di vittorie ce ne uno scavato come quello di un italiano del dopoguerra, sei tu nostro grande e amato Pietro ma, in mezzo a quegli zigomi sporgenti, due occhi pieni di struggente rivincita. Corri, anima indomita, corri come facevi allora, vola alto, spirito libero dal grande cuore. Nostro grande grandissimo Pietro ❤🙏
@jamezkpal23614 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting to find poetry in the commentary. But Mennea certainly was poetry in motion.
@luiginannetti77852 ай бұрын
@@stefano3715 mai poesia è più simbolica di quello che hai scritto Stefano, c’è tutto, la voglia di rivalsa di un atleta che si scopre di avere la dinamite nelle gambe con l’aggiunta di allenamenti feroci, grande Pietro sei stato un dono piovuto dal cielo per noi comuni mortali guardavamo sempre la tua corsia all’uscita dalla curva , gli altri sembravano fermi e tu piombavi sul traguardo come attratto da una calamita giova ricordare che a Città del Messico in occasione del tuo 19 e 72 il secondo arrivò sul traguardo con 7 mt di svantaggio, una pazzia 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@mstrunn4 жыл бұрын
Mennea held the WR in the 200 meters for many years.
@justinsincoise66934 жыл бұрын
About 20+
@mariogar7663 жыл бұрын
17!... 1979-1996... and it still is European Record...
@draxelchang54113 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal athlete. Best of a whole generation.
@kixigvak3 жыл бұрын
I photographed the race he broke it in in Mexico City. 1979.
@jj-nh8lz3 жыл бұрын
Yes, for a very long time. Did Michael Johnson finally best it?
@Hallogram2 ай бұрын
Lo vidi una volta in allenamento ed era incredibile il pensare come dentro un corpo così minuto potesse esserci tanta di quella potenza per diventare il velocista più forte al mondo. Grande ed Immenso Pietro.
@giancarlocimatti69443 жыл бұрын
Mennea era un Fenomeno.
@gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791 Жыл бұрын
Ma veramente, vecchio! MsG
@Michael_from_EU_Germany2 жыл бұрын
Borzov last in the final race of the 1978 European Championships: After the season, Borzov had to have operations on both Achilles tendons. He was already able to train only to a limited extent for the 1978 European Championships. In 1979 he tried a comeback in Moscow (Spartakiade), but failed. He ran the 100m in 11 seconds and the 200m in just under 22 seconds. There he ended his career.
@Quadrant14 Жыл бұрын
a brilliant runner Borzov.
@MARMELADIKAKKUAFYTA3 жыл бұрын
BORZOV AND MENNEA ARE MY IDOLS
@LEIJONALEIJONA-vc7oo9 жыл бұрын
ONE OF MY IDOLS IS MENNEA
@6262ronny5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Pietro! Miss you RIP
@sinagrunau209711 жыл бұрын
Big Mennea R.I.P. (2013)
@guslevy3506 Жыл бұрын
As a young kid who was watching sports on tv in the late 70s, Pietro Minnea was one of the first track athletes that stuck in my mind because it seemed so strange that a White man was so successful in the sprints which were dominated by Black men. His 200 record was one of those stats that just imprinted in my mind and has stayed there forever. Watching videos like this now on KZbin takes me back to those days when I was a kid…
@adam8723 жыл бұрын
Mennea had a beautiful running action, very fluid and smooth. He was deceptively quick and of course was even quicker over 200.
@kreol0013 жыл бұрын
First man to break 20 secs onnthe 200mts..19.96. Great runner
@royaumeuni57303 жыл бұрын
Not quicker, but better.
@davidemaglio57453 жыл бұрын
Not really, Borzov was more elegant
@bernardm2528 Жыл бұрын
Didn't he run 200m in 19.72? I think so if I can remember 45 years ago. The 2nd 100m of this 200m race he ran very fast something like 9 sec. Or 9.10
@danbotez1307 Жыл бұрын
@@bernardm2528 Yes, in 1979. That record lasted 17 years.
@snakepliskeen0643 жыл бұрын
Pietro Mennea " son of Wind" Italian Pride 🇮🇹 rest in peace
@nicolagianaroli2024 Жыл бұрын
I think his nickname was “la freccia del sud” (the southern arrow)
@Giannifan19 жыл бұрын
Pietro Mennea. A superchampion in a normal body. And most of all without drugs...
@michaelgiammarino50339 жыл бұрын
Gianni Fanetti Mennea admitted to using drugs I believe
@immoralanimal9 жыл бұрын
Mike Giammarino He admitted to trying to extend his career, when he was in his mid-thirties, by taking growth hormone, but then retired anyhow. There's nothing in these old races that screams out "dope." Ray was jacked, like all the East Germans, but Mennea was legit.
@coolro36849 жыл бұрын
Виктор Кадий he admitted himself that he took drugs all through his career.
@ewaf889 жыл бұрын
coolro Do you mean Ray?
@stevecrocker69049 жыл бұрын
coolro no, Mennea admitted he injected his own oxygenated blood back into his body before competition. But it was legal to do so then
@massimolombardi15692 ай бұрын
Pietro la tua dedizione per questo sport supera i confini della realtà, 100 200 e staffetta rimani il più grande atleta della storia. Una vita per l'atletica una vita da straordinario vincente, grazie infinite freccia del sud ,i tuoi sogni sono stati I nostri sogni....max da Sora
@gicosound3 жыл бұрын
Intramontabile. Indimenticabile. Indimenticato. Grande Pietro mennea
@jean-mariepierre26293 жыл бұрын
Magnifique Pietro, Malgré, son départ moyen,.
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed..he left this world too soon...may he rest in peace...😑😑
@luiginannetti77853 ай бұрын
Cosa farebbe oggi il nostro grande Pietro, ve lo dico io con le scarpe tecnologiche, con le piste rimbalzanti ma soprattutto con la sua certosina volontà in allenamento, pur con fior di campioni nel panorama di oggi, il grande Pietro farebbe polpette di tutti 👍👍👍
@antantonio90179 жыл бұрын
Pietro Mennea è stato il più grande talento naturale che l'atletica italiana, e forse mondiale, abbia mai espresso.
@giancarlocimatti18946 жыл бұрын
Italiana ed europea. Mondiale mmmmm
@6262ronny5 жыл бұрын
Almeno non era pompato.. tra il 77 e l'80 pure mondiale
@Giuseppee623 жыл бұрын
Sa paragoniamo,il fisico e il peso di Mennea è quello che è riuscito a vincere, compreso un record mondiale durato 17 anni frutto di durissimi allenamenti, credo, come nessuno al mondo abbia mai fatto. Per questo credo che sia stato il più grande della storia.vero che ci sono atleti che hanno vinto più di lui, prendiamo Bolt, col fisico di Mennea proviamo a immaginare cosa avrebbe fatto? Per me nulla. Prendiamo invece Mennea col fisico di bolt ? Avrebbe fatto record del mondo dei 100,200, 400 metri e sarebbero durati come ho già scritto, almeno 100 anni.
@antoniojeraca51733 жыл бұрын
in europa in quegli anni non dimentichiamo il grande valery borzov (CCCP) e negli stati uniti il grandissimo TOMMY SMITH
@angelinellanotte14873 жыл бұрын
@@Giuseppee62 ma che discorso è? boh....lei premia Mennea perché fisicamente era mediocre? per il peso?? Mennea con 10.01 sui 100 non è neanche tra i migliori 20 al mondo
@Craig-ls6rv2 ай бұрын
Wells amazingly starting without blocks!
@Nukity8 жыл бұрын
Funny how this footage from the late 70's is better than most footage from the late 90's, early 2000's on youtube.
@BreuckelensFinest6 жыл бұрын
Nukity I thought the same thing! Hahaha
@pmue4375 жыл бұрын
European Top Brodcast Quality Olympic Standard. Compare that with US TV Series Baywatch as example
@dTristras2 ай бұрын
VHS killed the records for ever
@AfricanWithNoFlies5 жыл бұрын
Bad start and still wins, love this
@archiewoosung50626 жыл бұрын
Amazed that Borzov was still running in '78...must have enjoyed it...and he married the fabulous Tourischeva
@cristixav3 жыл бұрын
Borzov also ran at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
@Дальмолчун3 жыл бұрын
@@cristixav Последним соревнованием для Валерия Борзова стала VII Спартакиада народов СССР (1979), после которой он завершил карьеру.
@timoaksel9320 Жыл бұрын
@@cristixavNo. He retired 1979.
@chrisharris88162 ай бұрын
200 metre final was nearly last coming round the bend moscow 1980 pipped alan wells on the line for gold.always looked out for him after that.fantastic sprinter.rip pietro mennea.
@ThomasBridges-k2k Жыл бұрын
Yeah I recall watching these guys run loved it then and now
@horrortackleharry Жыл бұрын
Mennea did brilliantly in the final considering that the guy in Lane 8 was pretty much over into his lane at about 20m.
@andreaselleri400 Жыл бұрын
Grande Pietro e grazie per tutto quello che ci hai regalato
@raynardi2326 Жыл бұрын
Che emozione....grazie Pietro
@maelughran69813 жыл бұрын
Brilliant old footage: the incomparable Frank Bough the consummate media professional, absolutely lovely man ( I met him personally many years ago) - a real gentleman, no different from his screen personna. David Coleman, unforgettable commentator, one of the best in the business with the ability to enthuse his audience. Not sure that 'bulldozing' for a sprinter was quite the right metaphor in this case though. As for the sprinters, sadly it was at the peak of drug-taking but testing/monitoring wasn't up to standard, and so hard to know which if any, of these guys were actually clean.
@brambillafumagalli95353 жыл бұрын
RIP LEGEND
@alexmares2984 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this Highlight with Mennea and our E. Ray, from GDR.
@54321-p2 ай бұрын
THANK you so much for this. The lanes separating the runners in the early games are so comical. And, I would think distracting for the sprinters.
@cristianpastarini47983 жыл бұрын
La grande freccia del sud....rip Pietro
@DicedOnionWarrior3 ай бұрын
I'm amazed at the quality of this video. Great stuff
@wobblertv8083 Жыл бұрын
Pietro menea was a underrated great .
@LEIJONALEIJONA-cn5pi9 жыл бұрын
MY IDOLS BORZOV MENNEA
@enricoc.9484 ай бұрын
Pietro Mennea era un raro talento puro dell'atletica, uno di quelli che ha guardarne la struttura fisica non penseresti mai di vederlo compiere imprese incredibili.
@uliuli89973 жыл бұрын
I live for these Magical Moments.
@fedelemario3 жыл бұрын
che emozione nel vedere un ragazzo del sud italia SALIRE sul podio piu alto del Mondo in una delle discipline piu IMPORTANTI delle OLIMPIADI
@brambillafumagalli95353 жыл бұрын
Che emozione vedere un ITALIANO....... sud nord centro........
@johncopeland38262 ай бұрын
The finest sports commentator of them all ..the big daddy .. Mr David Coleman ! Quite remarkable ......
@maurom96544 ай бұрын
Indimenticabile Freccia del Sud.
@tm75_882 ай бұрын
Pietro Mennea, the Arrow of the South greatest italian athlete ever 🇮🇹🔥👍
@PAARYNAKAKKU-pd8ej3 жыл бұрын
MENNEA IS MY IDOL
@Ghostmanriding6 жыл бұрын
My two favorite sprinters of all time are Mennea, and Bolt.
@antoniojeraca51733 жыл бұрын
and tommy smith (200)
@andersonarmstrong26503 жыл бұрын
Don Quarrie, Evelyn Ashford, Merlene Ottey..All clean!
@redrum41009 жыл бұрын
Carl: the guy you are talking about is Nikolay Kolesnikov, who came 7th. Earlier that year he had won the European indoor 60m title and had a bronze medal from the 1976 Olympic 4x100m, but I don't think he is related to anyone famous (I could be wrong, though).
@Alex_Gordon Жыл бұрын
Mennea was built like 5000m runner. incredible
@serafinoconcetti97792 ай бұрын
Rimarrai sempre nei nostri cuori. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@TheJaxsonjack Жыл бұрын
The physiques of these guys. Prob never lifted a weight in their lives, either.
@flaviopiscopo3 жыл бұрын
Great Mennea forever
@visieraverde Жыл бұрын
Masterpiece of Pietro Mennea !!!
@daveluck57172 ай бұрын
Super fluid Mennea ,, a pleasure to watch.
@kurtfrancis46217 жыл бұрын
The announcer keeps saying "Russian" when he should be saying "Soviet". Borzov is from the Ukrainian S.S.R., now just Ukraine. He is definitely not Russian.
@trickygoose24 жыл бұрын
Back in those days, Brits and Americans often tended to call all USSR athletes Russian. Now I see some of their names and can see that someone was Lithuanian, Estonian, Georgian and not Russian.
@ГеоргийНастенко-н1з3 ай бұрын
Borzov was born in Ukraine, but his both parents were born in Russian regions. His father had origin from Shuya town Ivanovo district and was sent in Ukraine for military service
@baiadigrotta3 жыл бұрын
grazie Pietro
@andream613 жыл бұрын
"They introduced me to Muhammad Alì as the fastest man in the world. He was surprised and said 'I believed the fastest man in the world is black'. I replied: 'I'm black inside'" [Pietro Mennea, 1952--2013]
@onigbajamo3 жыл бұрын
What a funny thing to say.
@kennethwoods65253 жыл бұрын
I love that! Makes me smile that 2 legends met and had a moment. I would not have been able to control my laughter.
@fabiodellino56802 ай бұрын
HE SAID " YES ( i m white) BUT INSIDE I AM MORE BLACK THAN YOU". Now I explain something about the meaning of term "black". To be black, at least in italian means to be angried. He was referring to the fact that being a man of South Italy he had to struggle against many difficulties..
@jean-mariepierre26293 жыл бұрын
Prague 1978 Magnifique
@redd605 Жыл бұрын
Pietro had some tremendous battles with Wells , who refused to have blocks.
@robertmiller21739 ай бұрын
I got to race some of these guys at QE2 Stadium in Christchurch New Zealand in the South Pacific Games, needless to say I remember being scorched by Alan Wells, Don Quarrie and Halsey Crawford. I did a 10.8, I would have loved to go faster but that was it. Alan Wells and Don Quarrie signed my Singlet, but Hasley Crawford told me to "Fuck Off"......I've never forgotten that as these guys were my heroes!
@dTristras2 ай бұрын
A gentleman indeed Mr. Crawford 😂
@TheEctomorph10 жыл бұрын
It was sad to see the great Valeriy Borzov fail to make any impact in that race at the European Championships, which took place in the August of 1978. Less than six years earlier, in September 1972, he had triumphed in both sprint events (the 100 and 200 metres) at the Munich Olympics, and been hailed as one of the biggest stars in world athletics. Moreover, Borzov subsequently went on to win another individual medal (the bronze) in the 100m at the Montreal Olympics - only 2 years prior to those European Championships of 1978. Sadly, however, when he competed against Pietro Mennea, Eugen Ray and Allan Wells (among others) in Prague, he was a shadow of the sprinter that he had been in Munich, just six years earlier. :(
@stevecrocker69049 жыл бұрын
***** he was still only 28 at the time. I guess lots of miles in those legs by then though.
@dereckdean5783 жыл бұрын
Borzov was known as the doctor of sprints . He had an amazing track career
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
Maybe he ran out of drugs.
@JazzFunk22 Жыл бұрын
😇.....💉🧪💊💉
@jstevenson71213 ай бұрын
Six years is 100 years in elite athletics. No way would Borzov have kept up all those 'roids that long...
@angloscalia76973 жыл бұрын
Mennea era un prodotto sportivo "genuino", qualche altro lo era di ... "laboratorio".
@jimso771 Жыл бұрын
Wells was better at 100m than Mennea by the time the 1980 olympics came around as he won the gold but Mennea pipped him to gold in the 200m
@TheEctomorph10 жыл бұрын
Sprinting is generally considered to be a sporting activity for big, robust, heavily muscled men.... yet it was noticeable that the Italian guy [Pietro Mennea], who triumphed in the 100 metres at the European Championships in 1978, was a relatively small, slight fellow (at any rate, in comparison to the vast majority of world class sprinters). In fact, Mennea was only about 5 foot 10" in height, and weighed a mere 155lb (a fraction over 11 stone) when he was in his prime as an international sprinter. By contrast, Eugen Ray (the burly East German dude who finished second behind Mennea in the final of the 100 metres at those European Championships of 1978) was well over 6 foot tall, and his biceps were about twice the size of his Italian rival's! I suppose that the point I am trying to make is this: Whilst sheer strength and power is of SOME relevance to sprinting, it is certainly not the be-all-and-end-all. If it was, then Arnold Schwarzenegger would have been a great sprinter in his prime!
@stevecrocker69049 жыл бұрын
william kinch there was only about 1 1/2" difference in heght between them but ,yes, Eugen Ray was much closer to 90 kgs than the 72/73 Mennea raced at
@octopusmagnificens7 жыл бұрын
Look at Christophe Lemaitre now.
@rishabhraj23086 жыл бұрын
exactly
@turic952 жыл бұрын
Wells without the starting blocks amazing !
@seanscanlon90673 ай бұрын
He did start using them towards the end of his career because he was definitely at a disadvantage without them.
@neriodante38173 ай бұрын
Grande Mennea!!
@danieleferri98092 жыл бұрын
Da Barletta, Puglia, Magna Grecia italica,il mito Pietro Mennea, la freccia del sud Italia....💚🤍❤️
@maxglendale76143 жыл бұрын
Wells got huge over two years! Very slim here compared to the increased muscle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
Yep, he bulked up on steroids and became almost unbeatable.
@maxglendale76142 жыл бұрын
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Really? Any proof?
@MrListenerman2 жыл бұрын
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 It' called hard work and training.
@aerodrome4427 Жыл бұрын
@@maxglendale7614 Drew McMaster allegations which Wells has denied.
@Fatima502 Жыл бұрын
I don't think so, he was always a big lad. Watch him at the 78 Commonwealths, which was his focus for that year. That's the reason why he didn't run so well in Prague a few weeks later.
@simoneparbuono12183 жыл бұрын
mennea, un fenomeno
@pasqualearena8253 Жыл бұрын
Atleti così non sono ancora nati. 17 anni record imbattuto
@elincreiblehombrecreciente68742 ай бұрын
There was once a time when a German athlete looked German and a British athlete looked British.
@octopusmagnificens7 жыл бұрын
Mennea from last to first in the final.
@ronmexico18743 жыл бұрын
Borzov was a cart horse. Never broke 10s.
@brucedixon675216 күн бұрын
Borzov will always be my hero
@tiikerilijatiikerililja8 жыл бұрын
BORZOV IS MY IDOL
@angelomercolino38803 жыл бұрын
Yes Borzov is you idol but Pietro Mennea is the best.
@stewartwalter4073 жыл бұрын
@@angelomercolino3880 where’s Mennea’s Olympic 100m gold medal?
@alfredodallalibera5091 Жыл бұрын
@@stewartwalter4075 olimpiadi di cui 4 consecutive in finale. Chi altri al mondo sui 200 metri? 19,72 è ancora record europeo.
@vordman2 ай бұрын
What an extraordinary performance by a man giving it his all after years of painstaking self-discipline. No, not Mennea, he was just a great runner, Colman in the commentary box.
@TheEctomorph10 жыл бұрын
"Borzov could fly." In 1972, yes definitely..... but, alas, not in 1978, David! :(
@120FilmUser Жыл бұрын
Those times though. Probably wouldn't even make the semis with 10.26 these days
@JazzFunk226 жыл бұрын
Mennea was a OG
@steveosborne2297 Жыл бұрын
Mennea was a wonderful runner but the fact that Alan Wells never bothered using starting blocks at this time totally confused me
@lucauccio8689 Жыл бұрын
La Freccia del Sud/The Arrow of South 💥
@tiikerilijatiikerililja8 жыл бұрын
MENNEA IS MY SECOND IDOL
@Ν11-φ9ρ3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ronanrogers41274 ай бұрын
Borzov was past his prime here, but geez he was a wonderful sprinter
@pianetacinema11222 ай бұрын
che anni e me li sono vissuti tutti...meraviglioso pietro
@MegaVanbasten92 ай бұрын
Il più grande atleta italiano di sempre
@ScratchyBaws3 ай бұрын
Today you'd struggle to see a white man representing any European country in a 100m final.
@RichardUpton3 жыл бұрын
Some improvement from Alan Wells to go from unplaced here to Olympic champion in two years
@simongleaden28643 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten about him not using starting blocks. I wonder why he didn't use them. I believe you've got to use them these days because of the electronic sensors for false starts.
@RichardUpton3 жыл бұрын
@@simongleaden2864 I maybe wrong but I think he was using them by 1980. I remember his wife / coach being rather fierce
@archiewoosung50623 жыл бұрын
@@RichardUpton I think they insisted he use them at the 1980 Olympics
@201081hero2 жыл бұрын
Part of the reason why may have been due to the Commonwealth Games held only a few weeks before, a number of athletes had difficulty raising themselves for a second time.
@RichardUpton2 жыл бұрын
@@201081hero thats a good shout and the games were held in Canada and so jet lag to get over…
@siralphons67623 жыл бұрын
Mennea , stallion 🇮🇹 italian !!!
@RossKempOnYourMum0110 жыл бұрын
Allan Wells no blocks!!!
@ewaf889 жыл бұрын
RossKempOnYourMum01 No false could be calculated either
@RossKempOnYourMum019 жыл бұрын
Good spot
8 жыл бұрын
Not really the commentator made a point of mentioning it!
@trickygoose24 жыл бұрын
@@ewaf88 By Moscow 1980 the rules had changed and he had to use blocks. I don't think the reaction time equipment was used to call false starts until a few years after that though.
@ewaf884 жыл бұрын
@@trickygoose2 Yes I remember when he had to start using blocks. He would have hated modern systems