The Fastest Men On Earth (1924 - Paris) 7/20

[@SCconservative2011]

So interesting. Chariots Of Fire was my favorite movie as a kid. Really amazing that we are now 100 years from 1924 and so appropriate the Olympics are once again in Paris

[@timcobos8954]

A friend of my father's named Joe Mena from Mexico stayed stride for stride with Paddock for 75 yards at the Coliseum in Los Angles. Mena was barely edged out in the final 25 yards. Mena was consistently one of the fastest runners in the world of the 1920's.

[@bartbutkis]

@timcobos8954 We had a kid from my high school, Glendale High School in California, who ran the fastest time at the US Olympic Qualifying Meet in Los Angeles in 1928 as a high schooler. His name was Frank Wykoff. He beat everyone including Charlie Paddock that day. He went on to win 3 gold medals in '28, '32, & '36 Olympics in the 4x100 relay. Pretty good for a hs kid. 🙂

[@timcobos8954]

@@bartbutkis I'm sure he competed against Joe Mena of Gardena high. My cousin and his wife went to Glendale class of 77. Mark Zavala and his wife Vicky. His older brother Danny ,too.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

Thank you for the above video. I can't believe the report about Harold Abrahams being controversial at times with the British public. My understanding is that he was a respected athlete and loving family man. It's interesting that he came from a family of athletes. One truly gifted athlete, broadcaster, husband, and father.

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

Thank you.

[@wvu05]

He was controversial for hiring a professional coach and there was some anti-Semitism he had to fight. After all, pretty much every other head of the AAA got knighted, but he never did.

[@beaenhans]

My father Harry Broos had a bronze medal 4 x 100 meters

[@JerryLn]

chariots of fire - harold abrahams and eric liddel

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

I just watched Chariots of Fire again. That era and that movie; pure class. What a joy to watch.

[@buddyvilla7393]

Eric Liddell finished third in the 200 Meters at Paris. Something they didn’t show in the film. Douglas Lowe who won gold at 800 Meters wanted no part of the film and said he would sue if the producers put him in Chariots of Fire. Harold met his wife Sybil after the Olympics. Eric Liddell knew months in advance about the preliminary heats for the 100 being on Sunday so he ran in the 200 and 400 ..Jackson Scholtz who won silver appeared in a American Express ad 60 years later during the 1984 games with Ben Cross who played Abrahams in the film. How incredibly beautiful that the filmmaker s were able to find Arthur Porritt so many years later!!! Aubrey Montague did indeed fall after the last hurdle in the steeplechase and finished I think 5 th or 6 th. Both Montague and Eric Liddell s sister Jenny were used as consultants on Chariots of Fire.

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

I read his book and it sure helped my running until I injured my knee.

[@cirosuperiore]

The glorious pre-steroid age.

[@mickjenner6697]

You mean the days when there was the equivalent of $340 cocaine in Coca-Cola?? You mean those days

[@lease2coach170]

1:56 No, Abrahams was _not_ born in the last month of the 19th century. He was born in December 1899; the last month of the 19th century was December of the following year.

[@CK-Cornelia]

lease2coach1 what you say is incorrect. 21st century: 2000-2099; 20th century: 1900-1999. 19th century: 1800-1899 all the way to the 1st century, which basically means 100 years: 0-99.

[@harryflashman9495]

1900 was indeed the last year of the 19th century. The first year of the Christian Era was year 1 AD not year 0.

[@CPU2ube]

...But the last month of the second-to-last year of the 19th century doesn't sound quite so dramatic. Even in a British accent.

[@danielh3179]

Technically yes. However, such labeling of centuries has become commonplace and acceptable as an exception to the rule.

[@verabolton]

@@CK-Cornelia Where do you get your silly ideas from?

[@flyingdutchman913]

@3:15 Put this on reel and it's a microcosm of the hamster in Tru..mp's brain.

[@jc7671]

Yuck. A Pom as 100m champion. Bet he never bathed.