Sporting Greats - Steve Cram

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Great Cram...

[@APBCTechnique]

Definitely ones of the best ever

[@volkerracho9481]

As a German, I can only congratulate the British on this excellent runner. We very much regret that he did not start for Germany. But he would probably never have been so strong if he had competed for Germany ;-) What golden times those were for British middle distance running.

[@johnstirling6597]

Some would say that Graham Williamson, (a Scot) was a victim of the English selection process and that Cram was the beneficiary.

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Крэму и по сей день принадлежит уникальное достижение.Он единственный бегун в мире, пробежавший 1500м быстрее 3.30 и 800м быстрее 143 , в течении одного сезона 1985 ( 329.67 и 142.88)

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85 unbeatable including smashing Cruz over 800m but 88 with Elliot was his chance I couldn’t believe they couldn’t get past Rono in a hat 1500m Final I thought they should of gone earlier if Cram lead at the 400m mark he would win but his confidence 😢was never the same after he was beaten by Gonzalez in that European Cup race where it was slow & he ran the last lap in like 50:8 secs but Gonzalez ran it in 50:5 & pipped him

[@201081hero]

Cram's 1988 season had been going so well before the Rieti injury in late August. On the eve of the games he was upbeat about his chances but his early elimination of the 800 suggested he really should have considered dropping out of that event in preference to giving his all at the 1500. If he had done that then who knows what might have happened.

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@@201081hero John Walker 1976 best thing thing that happened to him was being eliminated in the 800m first round we all know what happened after that slow final ran the last 300m in 39 seconds which is as fast as anyone ever especially in a Final & that’s why Van Damme couldn’t pass him he was behind him so would have to have run 38:5 for the last 300m almost impossible

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Гонсалес пробежал последний круг на Кубке Европы 87 49.9, но на Крэма это никак не повлияло, в Цюрихе 87 он пробежал 1500м за 331.43 и легко обыграл Гонсалеса 333.01. На ЧМ 87 Крэм пробежал 3 й круг за 53.84, но преследовавший его сомалиец Биле ухитрился при таком высоком темпе преодолеть последние 300м быстрее 39 секунд и Крэм просто сломался откатившись на 8 место. В 1988 он был очень хорош 1500м 330.95 и миля 348.85( взял реванш у Биле) , но травма в Риети сломала все его планы на олимпиаду

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Psychologically it did losing to Gonzalez always had doubts deep inside u ask him it would effect anyone your main Weapon is blunted of course it effects u

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@@user-yf3ti8ry2v Готов вам поверить, но факты опровергают вашу теорию. Крэм взял реванш и у Гонсалеса и у Биле. Что действительно на него повлияло, так это травма в Риети, накануне Олимпиады, хотя поначалу он не воспринял ее всерьез . Но уже во время Олимпиады жаловался: " Давишь на педаль со всей силы, но машина едет еле- еле"