I asked one Jacobs supporter (I'm one, as well, I just believe in "tough love") would she have withdrawn from the Olympic Trials two weeks beforehand because of a respiratory infection? malmo!TM Another self-anointed "award-winning" pundit for the Sydney2000TM Olympics > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Molvar > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 7:13 AM > To: Send t-and-f > Subject: t-and-f: Toughness, Nothing to Lose Thread > > > Jim Gerweck of Running Times wrote: > > "Anyone remember Steve Ovett in LA - the guy > probably should have been home in > bed, but he ran the 800 & 1500, had to drop out > of the final in the latter - > leaving a bit of a tarnish on his racing image, > but in my mind raising him > much higher in the character department. Now THAT > was someone who was TOUGH." > > Boy do I ever. First in the 800, he nearly > killed himself running with the flu and barely > got into the final. He even had a sense of humor > immediately after the semi to go in front of the > stands and do a mock imitation of himself falling > apart in the last 50 meters. Then the guy comes > back in the 1500, makes the final and is sicker > than ever. Then in the final when Cram and Coe > made their break, the crazy tough son of a gun > goes after them and blows past Steve Scott and > several others until he finally succumbed and > collapsed and was taken off in a stretcher. > > Then you have bad luck Liquori. Ranks number one > in the world in the 1500 in '73 and number one in > the world in the 5000 in '77, so the '76 games > should have been his big one. He severely tears > a hamstring just prior to the trials. Did that > stop him. Hell no! With a ham so bad that he > had the ugly black reminder on the back of his > leg he tries to run anyway at the trials with > family and friends screaming and begging him to > stop. > > It's not just toughness though, Ovett and Liquori > both had nothing to lose. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ >
