RIP 2019
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Not many in the conversation with Sir Peter to be NZ's GOAT.
Before my time but that vision of him putting the hammer down in the Tokyo
800m1500m awesome. John Davies always said he was sprinting as fast as he could and Snell left him in the cinder dust.Found vision:
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Another great totara felled
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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.