RIP 2019
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@raznomore said in RIP 2019:
The thing I always noted about this video was how powerfully built he was for this distance. Would have been a pretty handy rugby player...
Icon. Legend. Great.
He came to our school when I was a nipper. He seemed massive to us. He was a hero then and he still is now. RIP.
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@JC Mine too. What school?
I remember in 64 being marched out onto the school playing field to listen to some speeches and then a guy ran around the fields and all the kids ran behind him. I had no idea it was Peter Snell back from the Olympics until my Dad asked me about it when I got home. I was still none the wiser as I was only five.
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@dogmeat Raumanga Primary in Whangarei. It would have been about 5 years after that and he didn't do any running. I do remember my teacher getting his autograph so he was obviously a big deal. Of course being 7 or whatever we were on the one hand awe-struck whilst also thinking that running a mile in 4 minutes didn't sound like something we couldn't do ourselves on a good day.
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Undefeated in major championships. He never won a silver or a bronze. All he won was Gold. His times are still remarkable.
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Lemmy Kilmister. Four years already.