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This Day in Observe & Subject-October 21
(’64 OG-Bikila, Snell, Hayes-Carr; Invoice Rodgers, Waitz, Steve Jones/Birthdays-Kenneth Rooks, Anderson Peters, Natalie Dye, Mike Tully)
1964–Ethiopia’s legendary Abebe Bikila, who had his appendix eliminated solely six weeks earlier, received his 2nd Olympic Marathon title on the ultimate day of motion on the 1964 Video games in Tokyo. Successful silver and bronze had been Nice Britain’s Basil Heatley (2:16:19.2) and Japan’s Kokichi Tsuburaya (2:16:22.8).
Bikila, who ran barefoot when he received his first gold medal 4 years earlier on the 1960 Olympics in Rome, wore footwear this time as he ran a world finest of two:12:11.2. He received by greater than 4 minutes, nonetheless probably the most vital margin of victory for the reason that 1924 Olympics. Tragically, Bikila was concerned in an car accident the next 12 months that left him paralyzed from the waist down, and he died from a mind hemorrhage in 1973 on the age of 41. Third-placer Tsuburaya’s life additionally had a tragic ending, the 27-year-old committing suicide earlier than the 1968 Olympics, the place he was anticipated to compete once more within the Marathon. Learn his full story at: http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72647.
Different notable finishers within the race included People Buddy Edelen, who completed a reputable sixth (2:18:12.4), and Billy Mills (14th-2:22:55.4). Australian Ron Clarke, who set a quick early tempo within the race, completed 9th (2:20:26.8).
New Zealand’s Peter Snell completed off his double gold medal efficiency by successful the 1500-meters (3:38.1) 5 days after defending his title within the 800-meters (1:45.1).
Content material to remain off the lead in a slow-paced race (3:00/1200m), Snell exploded on the ultimate backstretch, transferring to the entrance and pulling away to win by 1.5 seconds.
There was a 5-way battle for silver and bronze, with Czech Josef Odložil (3:39.6) and New Zealand’s John Davies (3:39.6) successful out over Nice Britain’s Alan Simpson (3:39.7), American Dyrol Burleson (3:40.0), and Poland’s Witold Baran (3:40.3)
Operating arguably the best 100-meters in historical past (on the time), Bob Hayes introduced the U.S. group from behind on the anchor leg to win the Males’s 4×100 relay, with the group setting a World Document of 39.0 (39.06). Relay splits within the 4×100 are all the time open to debate, however Hayes was timed as quick as 8.6 for his carry. Operating the primary three legs for the U.S. had been Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, and Richard Stebbins. Successful silver and bronze had been Poland and France, each of which ran 39.3 (39.36).
After the ultimate, France’s Jocelyn Delecour approached Drayton and mentioned, “All you could have is Hayes,” to which Drayton grinned and responded, “That’s all we want”.
This was Hayes’s final race earlier than embarking on a Corridor of Fame profession within the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys.
Operating with a lineup of Ollan Cassell (46.0), the longer term head of TAC, Mike Larrabee (44.8), the gold medalist within the 400, Ulis Williams (45.4), and Henry Carr (44.5), the gold medalist within the 200, the U.S. received the Males’s 4×400 relay within the world-record time of three:00.7. Nice Britain (3:01.6) and Trinidad & Tobago (3:01.7) had been additionally underneath the earlier mark of three:02.2, which was set by the U.S. on the 1960 Olympics.
Carr had a 5-meter lead when he acquired the baton from Williams, however was caught by T&T’s Wendell Mottley and Jamaica’s George Kerr after going out conservatively within the first 200 meters. Sneaking a peek over his shoulder at his would-be challengers, as if to say, “good attempt, guys”, Carr took off and introduced the U.S. residence with a snug 1-second victory.
John Thomas nearly atoned for his disappointing efficiency on the 1960 Olympics, the place he received the bronze medal within the Males’s Excessive Soar after getting into the Video games as the favourite. He cleared the identical peak (7-1 ¾ [2.18]) as World Document holder Valery Brumel, however misplaced the gold medal with extra misses. Successful the bronze was American John Rambo (7-1 [2.16]).
Poland (43.6), with 18-year-old Irena Kirszenstein (Szewińska), a future IAAF Corridor-of-Fame runner, working the twond leg, beat the U.S. (43.9) within the Ladies’s 4×100. When it was later revealed that anchor Ewa Klobukowska had failed a brand new sex-chromosome check, Poland remained the Olympic champion. Nonetheless, the American quartet of Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, and Edith McGuire was given credit score for the World Document. The bronze medals had been received by Nice Britain (44.0).
Footnote: I grew to become a Cowboys fan after Hayes joined the group. I used to be at Yankee Stadium in 1966 when he caught a 41-yard landing go, outrunning the defender, Henry Carr, who was the cornerback for the NY Giants! (See Photograph)
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics
Olympedia Reviews: http://www.olympedia.org/editions/16/sports activities/ATH
Snell Characteristic (800/1500): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0woLEtQQA
Video(Males’s 4×100, Marathon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDfT0ucUfc
Prolonged Model (Marathon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOdp8ka25U
Kirszenstein-Szewinska: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/hall-of-fame-profile-irena-szewinska-poland
Klobukowska: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Kłobukowska
Larrabee Corridor of Fame Video(consists of 400, 4×400): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp37qrwvPl4
Different Hyperlinks(Bikila):
http://www.ethiopians.com/abebe_bikila.htm;
IAAF Corridor of Fame: http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hall-of-fame
Hayes-Carr (photograph will be seen within the connected file if it doesn’t seem right here)
1965—Invoice McClellon started his senior 12 months at NYC’s DeWitt Clinton by setting his 5th Nationwide H.S. Indoor Document by clearing 6-11 (2.11) at a meet in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Marc Bloom traces the life and profession of McClellon, the primary prep to clear 7-feet, on this two-part collection:
Half 1: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=645265
Half 2: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=645294
1979—Invoice Rodgers (2:11:42) was a winner of the NY Metropolis Marathon for the 4th 12 months in a row, whereas Norway’s Grete Waitz ran 2:27:32.6 to higher her personal year-old “World Document” of two:32:29.8 whereas successful the twond of her eight Ladies’s titles in NY.
Different notable finishers
Males: 2.Kirk Pfeffer (USA) 2:13:09…4.Ian Thompson (GBR) 2:13:43, 5.Benji Durden (USA) 2:13:49…7.Frank Shorter (USA) 2:16:59, 8.Ron Tabb (USA) 2:16:28, 9.Jon Anderson (USA) 2:16:38…18.Gary Fanelli (USA) 2:18:20…43.Barry Brown (USA) 2:23:00…46.Ron Hill (41-GBR) 2:43:20.
Ladies: 2. Gillian Adams (GBR) 2:38:33, 3.Jacqueline Gareau (CAN) 2:39:06, 4. Patty Lyons (USA) 2:40:19…9.Doreen Ennis (USA) 2:48:09.
Starters/Finishers: 11,532/10,488; Males: 9,732/9,279 , Ladies: 1,800/1,209
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_New_York_City_Marathon
Outcomes(Males): https://www.athlinks.com/Occasions/248522/Programs/0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/
http://www.runningpast.com/rodgers.htm
Rodgers on NY:
https://www.gettyimages.com/element/video/bill-rodgers-wins-nyc-marathon-four-times-1977-1978-1979-news-footage/498005374
T&F Information Interview-Rodgers(1978): https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Invoice-Rodgers.pdf
1984-Welshman Steve Jones set a World Document of two:08:05 within the rain within the Chicago Marathon (recognized on the time as “America’s Marathon”). Ending 2nd and threerd had been Portugal’s Carlos Lopes (2:09:06), the winner of the Olympic title earlier within the 12 months, and Australia’s Rob de Castella (2:09:09), the 1983 World Champion. 5th was Nice Britain’s Geoff Smith (2:10:08) and 14th was Paul Cummings (2:15:29).
Jones would run quicker when he received the race in 1985 in 2:07:13, however he simply missed the brand new World Document of two:07:12, which Lopes had set in April of that 12 months in Rotterdam.
The repeat winner of the Ladies’s division was Portugal’s Rosa Mota (2:26:01), the bronze medalist on the 1984 Olympics (and would later win gold on the 1988 Olympics). Subsequent had been Australia’s Lisa Ondieki (2:27:40) and Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen (2:30:21). 5th was American Lisa Rainsberger (2:31:31) and eightth was Canada’s Jacqueline Gareau (2:35:33).
Because the reside CBS protection of the race wasn’t proven within the Boston space, Reebok USA introduced Jones (who ran for Reebok) in from Wales for a viewing celebration on the metropolis’s famed Eliot Lounge (the Coogan’s of its day!) the day after Thanksgiving. The Again Bay institution was filled with members of the native working group, who began watching the race replay on a giant display screen.
The locals’ consideration was quickly diverted to a smaller display screen that was carrying the school soccer sport between Boston School and Miami. And with good trigger—this was the sport the place BC quarterback Doug Flutie threw his well-known “Hail Mary” go that gave the Eagles a last-second win! Toni Reavis, who was the analyst on the CBS present, gives extra on the hyperlink beneath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hen0HM49Buc
Put up-Race Interview(Jones): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6_A50pu0_Y
Prime-20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Chicago_Marathon
http://www.runnersworld.com/chicago-marathon/30-years-ago-steve-jones-transformed-the-marathon
Previous Winners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Chicago_Marathon
https://tonireavis.com/2015/11/27/such-are-the-memories-of-sport/
Born On This Day*
Kenneth Rooks 26 (1999) 2024 Olympic silver medalist–Steeplechase
Supplied one of the crucial shocking moments in Paris when he moved into first place with 300 meters to go
and rapidly constructed a 5-meter hole on the sector. He held the lead till defending champion Soufiane El Bakkali of
Morocco glided by him as they entered the ultimate homestretch and proceeded to win his 2nd Olympic gold medal.
Rooks gamely fought off Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot to win the silver medal.
Surprisingly did not advance out of the qualifying spherical on the 2025 World Championships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Velve1mC1AE
2023 NCAA Champion—(BYU/6th-2022, 11th-2019)
3-time U.S. Champion (2023/regardless of falling late within the race, 2024/O.T., 2025
Finalist on the 2023 World Championships in Budapest (10th)
Nonetheless trains underneath Ed Eyestone, who coached him at BYU
Spent his 2-year Mormon mission in Kampala, Uganda.
PBs: 3:37.66 (2025), 3:59.65i (2023), 7:42.37i (2024), 8:06.41sc (2024), 13:26.65 (2025) 2025 SB: 8:14.25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rooks
https://www.deseret.com/sports activities/2024/08/07/byu-cougars-runner-kenneth-rooks-wins-silver-medal-in-olympics/
BYU Podcast Put up-Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MfrhlLXaDY
2024 OG (final three laps/Interview-NBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_e-MZ1DAmU
Full Race (free signup required)
2023 NCAA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwn0_jgv3wM
2023 U.S. Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT1ody_cpCA
2024 Trials: https://www.nbcolympics.com/movies/trials-kenneth-rooks-wins-thrilling-steeplechase-final
Impressed by the E book of Mormon
Eyestone Cheering on Rooks in Paris: https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcsports/video/7401103751991414046
Anderson Peters-Grenada 28 (1997)—2-time World Champion—Javelin (2019, 2022)…silver medalist on the 2025 Worlds
2024 Olympic bronze medalist; Competed within the qualifying spherical on the Tokyo Olympics
2024 Diamond League Champion
2-time NCAA Champion-2018, 2019 (Mississippi State)…2nd in 2019 was teammate Curtis Thompson, who received
the bronze medal on the 2025 World Championships
2019 Pan-American Video games Champion
Bronze medalist-2016 World Junior Championships
PB: 305-4 (93.07/2022/#5 All-Time); 2025 SB: 293-8 (89.53)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Peters
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/grenada/anderson-peters-14520432
https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/anderson-peters-possibility-grenada-tokyo-javelin
Delayed Olympics
’19 WC: Successful Throw Prolonged Protection
’22 WC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS3MF6mCmBw
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143532
Yulimar Rojas—Venezuela 30 (1995) Gained 8 straight international titles within the Triple Soar from 2016-2023
2016-World Indoors
2017-World Championships
2018-World Indoors
2019-World Championships
2021-Olympics
2022-World Indoors
2022-World Championships
2023-World Championships
Damage saved her out of the 2024 Olympics. Gained the bronze medal on the 2025 World Championships.
2019 Pan-American Video games Champion
Set the present World Document of 51-7 ¾ (15.74) indoors in 2022
2025 SB: 48-5 ¼ (14.76)
Keira D’Amato, 40 (1984), set a short-lived American Document of two:19:12 for the Marathon in Houston in January 2022.
(Emily Sisson bettered the file when she ran 2:18:29 in Chicago in October 2022)
A late addition to the U.S. group, she completed 8th within the marathon on the 2022 World Championships…A 38-year-old (at
the time) mom of two, the “Operating Realtor” (she’s a real-estate agent), D’Amato was 6th on the NCAA
X-Nation Championships (underneath her maiden title of Carlstrom) whereas at American College, the place she was
coached by none aside from Matt Centrowitz. A foot damage that required surgical procedure in 2006 finally introduced an
“early finish” (or so it was thought!) to her profession in 2008.
She resumed working after giving start to her two sons and competed in native street races in Virginia. Beneath the steering of
Scott Raczko, Alan Webb’s H.S. coach, she ran 2:47:00 within the Richmond Marathon in late 2017, and her working
“rebirth” continued from there. “I really feel like I discovered 1 / 4 on the bottom,” D’Amato says. “I get to play once more.
This isn’t imagined to occur, proper? It’s my bonus life… I’m actually doing this for myself to get again at all the pieces I
didn’t accomplish the primary time round.”
She was unable to complete the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials race. Additionally dropped out of the 2024 Chicago.
Marathon
PBs: 2:08.73 (2008), 4:38.74i (2007), 31:05.31 (2024), 1:07:55 (2021), 2:19:12 (2022)
http://keiradamato.com
https://www.podiumrunner.com/coaching/inside-lane-keira-damato/
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/16/keira-damato-marathon-american-record-houston/
Natalie Dye 43 (1981) 2003 Japanese Collegiate (ECAC) Indoor and Outside Champion—Pole Vault (Maryland)
PB:12-9 1/2 (3.90/2003)
Served because the inspiration (together with brother Derek, a excessive jumper) for the creation of DyeStat, one of many
biggest additions to the T&F scene within the web period (or another period!).
From my This Day in T&F Report for April 23, 1997:
“The precise date is slightly fuzzy, nevertheless it was this time of 12 months {that a} new web site, DyeStat.com, made its first look on the Web. Began by John Dye, an guardian who wished to see how his youngsters, Derek (excessive soar) and Natalie (pole vault), in comparison with different highschool rivals, DyeStat.com grew to become THE supply for highschool data and, with the assistance of his spouse Donna (“On The Facet”), helped create an unimaginable cyber-community among the many nation’s preps. From John Dye: “The origin of what we had been doing was Derek’s sophomore 12 months (1996) once I offered a weekly e-newsletter with rankings in 5 Western Maryland counties. (DyeStat started) in 1997, which was when Derek and Natalie every received their occasions within the Maryland state meet (solely brother-sister combo ever to do this in Maryland in particular person occasions in the identical state meet). That made me wish to know the way they in contrast nationally. I obtained all of the state meet outcomes and ranked women’ pole vault and boys’ excessive soar. I discovered that Derek (6-8) was within the 80s nationally and Natalie (9-0) within the 40s (bear in mind, that was when women’ pole vault was simply getting sanctioned). Therefore, I began doing nationwide rankings 100 deep to verify they had been listed(-:.”
John, who handed away in September 2022, was a member of the inaugural H.S. T&F Corridor of Fame group that was inducted in 2018.
The Dye Household at Coogan’s in 2018—Natalie, Derek, John, Donna
(You’ll be able to view the photograph within the connected file if it doesn’t seem right here.)
Carl Myerscough—Nice Britain 45 (1979)
4-time NCAA Champion—Shot Put (Nebraska/Indoors-’02,’03; Outside-’03,’04;
2nd-discus/2002; PB:71-11 (21.92/2003)
tenth on the 2005 and 2009 World Championships
Standing 6’-10” (2.085), he’s probably the tallest world-class shot-putter in historical past.
Served a 2-year ban after testing optimistic for a banned substance in 1999. He was additionally hit with a lifetime ban by
the British Olympic Affiliation, retaining him out of the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Video games. Ban was overturned
in time for him to compete on the 2012 Olympics in London, however he didn’t make it out of the qualifying.
Spherical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Myerscough
http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/19107547
Mark Elliott, Jamaica 58 (1966) Director of T&F/XC at Clemson. Was an assistant coach at LSU for 20 years. Among the many
The Athletes he coached there have been 800 stars, Natoya Goule, LaTavia Thomas, and Charlene Lipsey.
Was an All-American at LSU: NCAA-1989 (3000i-2nd, 5000-6th), 1990 (5000i-4th, 10,000-6th)
PBs: 7:55.78 (1989), 13:33.10 (1989), 28:32.44 (1989). Each had been Jamaican Information on the time
http://clemsontigers.com/coaches/mark-elliott/
Males’s Program Saved
Mike Tully 68 (1956) 1984 Olympic silver medalist—Pole Vault
1978 NCAA Indoor and Outside Champion(UCLA)
3-time U.S. Champion (1977,1979,1986)
Set three American Information in 1984: 18-11 (5.77), 19-3/4 (5.81), 19-1 (5.82)
Set two World Indoor Information in 1978: 18-4 (5.59), 18-5 ¼ (5.62)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79142
World Indoor Document Development:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_pole_vault_indoor_world_record_progression
T&F Information Interview-for subscribers?(1985):
https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-Tully.pdf
Wiki Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tully
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-07-sp-34012-story.html
Deceased
Lesley Ashburner 67 (1883-Nov.12, 1950) 1904 Olympic Bronze medalist—110-Meter Hurdles
https://cornellbigred.com/honors/hall-of-fame/lesley-ashburner/323
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78049
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Ashburner
Different occasions in historical past(http://www.historyorb.com/day/october/21)
1097 – 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch (First Campaign)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Antioch
1805 – Battle of Trafalgar, British Admiral Nelson defeats the French & Spanish fleet however is shot and killed
http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/battle-trafalgar.htm
http://www.historical past.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-trafalgar
1858 – In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st carried out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjwFm6h2fiM
This Day in Music(British Website): http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/
In 1965, wanting to enhance on a earlier recording session, The Beatles began from scratch on a brand new
music known as ‘Norwegian Wooden (This Chicken Has Flown)’, ending recordings in three takes. In addition they
start engaged on one other new John Lennon music, ‘Nowhere Man.’
Norwegian Wooden
In 1997, Elton John’s ‘Candle In The Wind 1997 (“Tribute to Princess Diane”) was declared by the Guinness
E book Of Information because the biggest-selling single file of all time, with 31.8 million gross sales in lower than
40 days and elevating greater than £20 million for charity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0PKcKbjlKg
In 2013, Sid Bernstein, the live performance promoter who staged early US exhibits by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Stones died aged 95. Bernstein booked The Beatles for his or her legendary present at Shea Stadium in
The live performance in New York in 1965 was the primary to be staged in a stadium. Bernstein additionally promoted
The Fab 4’s gigs at Carnegie Corridor in New York had been a part of their first US tour in 1964. He additionally organized
The Rolling Stones’ first 5 US gigs and exhibits for Judy Garland, Ray Charles, and Tony Bennett.
NY Occasions Obituary: http://tinyurl.com/SidBernsteinObit
Music Historical past
http://www.joshhosler.biz/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_singles
This Day in Sports activities: http://www.todayinsport.com/day/october/21
This Day in Baseball: www.nationalpastime.com
1998 – The New York Yankees closed out their historic season with a 3-0 victory at San Diego, sweeping the
The Padres in 4 video games to win their file twenty fourth World Collection championship. The Sport 4 victory gave the
Yankees 125 wins towards 50 losses – for a .714 successful proportion, the perfect within the majors since their
Murderers’ Row membership of 1927. Their AL-record 114 regular-season victories had been probably the most ever for a
champion.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1998_WS.shtml
Video Highlights(57 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh14p9xw138
Sports activities Illustrated Vault
2015 – The Mets’ Daniel Murphy units a serious league file by hitting a house run in a sixth consecutive playoff sport as his group completes a 4-game sweep towards the Cubs with an 8-3 win to win the Nationwide League pennant and advance to the World Collection for the primary time since 2000.
