Bizarre London marathon earns legendary status | Strangest Moments

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The marathon at London 1908 was one of the strangest runs ever, with a series of bizarre incidents earning the race legendary status.
The most unusual moments from Olympic history are investigated once again to reveal the stranger side of the five rings: bit.do/StMENG
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[@rebeccanorris4586]

"They didn't want him to die in front of the queen." omg LOL

[@LuckyBird551]

London 1908: Wow, now that Marathon was weird, wasn't it? St. Louis 1904: Hold my beer.

[@MikeSmith74653]

Al least one good thing that came out of that race: 26 miles, 385 yards have set as the standard length of the marathon to this day.

[@musicsurfer17]

I would love to see a video about the 1904 Olympic Marathon, with it's modern olympics first ever's in performance enhancing drug usage and first almost recorded fatality, Lorz's hitchhiking adveture to the finish, literally everything about Felix Carvajal, the experiment on dehydration....oh and did i forget the 10 greek runners who had never run a marathon before, and the one of two african participants who was run a mile off course by wild dogs?

[@adammullarkey4996]

You forgot the postman who ran in his street clothes and ate a rotten apple on the way round.

[@davidsaygi8587]

@@adammullarkey4996 that's felix carvajal which he said

[@the.seagull.35]

Jon Bois made a video about just that subject, it's fascinating.

[@markosazter4717]

I would dare say that that directly deserves its own movie.

[@yoshabetic]

The true loser of this is the kid named Marathon. Yikes...

[@lebo9010]

In the Soweto Marathon in South Africa, the crowd cheers you on and offers beers and ciders during your run 😂

[@spitzfire1107]

The story is more likely a Sports Comedy plot. LOL

[@phoolvio]

Recent searches have found his family name was misspelled because it was Petri, not Pietri.

[@murtaza300]

This is so Interesting and so Amazing

[@freg35]

Please do a Tennis and Table Tennis sports swap!

[@ellamadden208]

do a gymnastics and pole vault sports swap

[@danmas4726]

how come halswelle grow mustache overnight?

[@Kingofdafarm21]

Incredible footage

[@LuckyBird551]

So... getting help crossing the finish line in 1908 got you disqualified but in 1904 it was okay?

[@panner11]

rules get added over time, what's the confusion?

[@LuckyBird551]

@@panner11 Why it wasn't a rule to begin with, mostly. "Having to run all by yourself." seems like a givenm rule for any racing event, don't you think so?

[@wouter_scholten]

Miles and yards? Please use SI units instead of those archaic ones.

[@krishnaraghavan4986]

They are using them because that is how they measured things then

[@biebelboy6701]

I wonder who was the fastest swimmer at the time

[@franciscotoro9454]

There is nothing "bizarre about the London marathon. The same thing happened in the 1904 marathon, where the leader collapsed. That is not unusual.

[@reiryghts639]

Feels bad for the other guy

[@no127]

Seeing the terrible relations between countries and the very unhealthy competitions they had back in the day, and then seeing today's athletes sharing medals and embracing each other irrespective of race, gender and nationality makes one feel that the world is far better off today😊

[@adolfpereira3313]

Relations between countries are WAY worse today, the only thing is that they hide it very well and people act like they are all nice people because they get paid a lot more when they fake it.

[@jadecummings8093]

So that was the first Olympics games which started in 1908.

[@thomasgurnell1904]

No

[@HusseinDoha]

The first modern Olympic games started in 1896.

[@ottoneiii4353]

first marathon i guess

[@colorfulmarbles156]

@@ottoneiii4353 there was one in 1896

[@ellamadden208]

or a swimming and running with Usain bolt and Micheal phelps

[@paulonatanaeldossantossana3909]

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[@juliannotbreezy5321]

i wanna be in the olympics

[@trendymaths2467]

You have to actually work for it lol.

[@colorfulmarbles156]

@@trendymaths2467 yeah

[@markmiller6402]

You couldn’t make this up haha

[@umutkurt6664]

Okey yes

[@kapitankuro3041]

How About Chess ?

[@Pilgrimsnugget123]

Britain is cheering

[@biebelboy6701]

This is cool

[@biebelboy6701]

Hi

[@kvernon1]

This is a joke! They staged all the events of this day as a big slapstick comedy. Believe me, running a marathon is a serious challenge, mentally & physically. This video would be so much better if it was portrayed as the drama it actually was.

[@anonymousperson3023]

Because early marathons were comedy

[@christopher-ke9nj]

Up yours America

[@raffaojeda]

jajaj funny video

[@ashleycook9754]

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[@TABRIS333]

So fake italian mustache are fine and funny, but if i paint my face black....great.

[@HusseinDoha]

For me, as a black, I do NOT feel offended by blackfacing. If there's no malice intended, it's fine.

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[@SilverAlaunt]

Anybody else constantly cringing at the narrators pronunciation of “controversy”?

[@skaterkid901]

Not really, as that's how it's pronounced in English.

[@user-jc1xl5lj1t]

@@skaterkid901 *in British English

[@arandombard1197]

@@user-jc1xl5lj1t So English then. It's our language, everyone else is borrowing it.

[@user-jc1xl5lj1t]

@@arandombard1197 What kind of mentality is that? That's like saying that Mexican or Peruvian pronunciation is wrong because Spain Spanish is correct and everyone in Latin America is borrowing it. Or Canadian French is wrong because they're borrowing it from France, etc. Many languages are spoken in different places and to say that the original place is "our language" is just unnecessarily hubristic. People all over the world speak English and people from Britain, America, India, Australia, Canada, etc. will naturally have some slight differences in pronunciation. If you want to know what linguistic "borrowing" actually is, then actually educate yourself on linguistic theory rather than ignorantly making cocky assertions. Thank you!

[@arandombard1197]

@@user-jc1xl5lj1t Because it is our language. Ours is the most important when it comes to the correct pronunciation. We don't have to qualify it. You're certainly allowed to pronounce it differently, but make sure to call it American English. However, when we use English without qualifiers, it defaults to us. Don't like it? Create a new language.