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This Day in Observe & Area-January 6
1925–Simply 6 months after successful 4 gold medals on the 1924 Olympics in Paris (1500, 5000, two in x-country), the nice Paavo Nurmi made his American debut on the Finnish-American A.C. indoor meet at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard. The NY Instances reported that 9,000 fortunate followers crowded into the 8,000-seat capability area, with 1000’s extra left pissed off out on the road.
With the group in a frenzy, “The Flying Finn” didn’t disappoint, overtaking Joie Ray within the remaining two laps to win the mile in 4:13.6, breaking Ray’s 6-year outdated world report of 4:14.6. Ray, maybe a bit previous his prime, gave the group a thrill by opening a 5-yard lead on Nurmi late within the race, however he was no match for the Finn’s withering end. Ray was additionally beneath his outdated report, operating 4:14.0 in 2nd place. Nurmi acquired credit score for a 2nd world report for his 3:56.0 en-route time for 1500-meters.
The followers would have felt they’d gotten their cash’s price simply to see Nurmi within the mile, however the legend got here again 90-minutes later to win the 5,000-meters in 14:44.6 to take down one other of Ray’s world data (14:54.6). Nurmi ran away from one other Finn, U.S.-trained Ville “Willie” Ritola, the 1924 Olympic Champion at 10,000-meters. Nurmi missed his bid for a 4th world report when his en-route 3-mile time of 14:18.2 fell in need of Ritola’s mark of 14:15.8.
Nurmi educated daily throughout his lengthy voyage from Finland to the U.S. by operating on the deck of the SS Celtic. He would go on to win 51 of 55 races in a year-long tour of the U.S.
Nurmi wasn’t the one report breaker at this memorable meet. Loren Murchison established a World Report of 6.0 to win the 50-meters, then acquired two extra data in a single race, clocking 22.4 for 220-yards en-route to successful the rarely-run 250-meters (about 1-3/4 laps on the Backyard’s 11-lap observe) in 29-flat. A seventh world report was set by Penn State’s Alan Helffrich, who established a brand new mark of 1:05.8 for 500-meters. (From the NY Instances archives)
(For Subscribers): https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/01/07/98812492.html?pageNumber=29
1979–Information galore on the Ali Inv. in Lengthy Seaside,CA. Within the Males’s 1500, New Zealand’s John Walker received with a World Report of three:37.4, whereas runnerup Paul Cummings set an American Report of three:37.6, and Villanova’s Sydney Maree completed third with a Collegiate Report of three:38.2. Herman Frazier ran 1:01.2 to interrupt his year-old World (and meet) Report within the 500-meters by .1s. Villanova completed 2nd to the Philadelphia Pioneer Membership (3:08.6) within the 4×400, however acquired credit score for an American Report of three:08.8 (Keith Brown 47.8, Tim Dale 47.2, Derek Harbour 47.2, Anthony Tufariello 46.6).
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Christine Wachtel-East Germany 60 (1965) 3-time World Indoor Champion—800m (1987,1989,1991)
Silver medalist on the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Olympics
6th on the 1991 World Championships
Set two World Indoor Information in 1988—1:57.64, 1:56.40 (now #4 All-Time)
Different PBs: 1:55.32 (1987), 2:30.67(WR on the time, now #4 All-Time)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Wachtel
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70124
Mike Boit-Kenya 76 (1949) 1972 Olympic bronze medalist—800m (1500-4th)
12th within the 1500 on the 1983 World Championships
Missed the 1976 and 1980 Olympics as a consequence of African boycotts
2nd to Cuba’s Alberto Juantorena in a extremely anticipated race on the inaugural World Cup in 1977
Received 7 NAIA titles whereas at Japanese New Mexico
(880y-1973; mile-1974; 3-mile-1974; 1,500/1975-76; 800/1975-76)
PBs: 1:43.57 (1976), 2:15.30 (1977), 3:49.45 (1981), 4:59.43 (1985)
World Rankings: 1972 (3), 1973 (4), 1974 (2), 1975 (1), 1976 (3), 1977 (2), 1978 (5), 1981 (3)
Professor at Kenyatta College
Co-Founding father of KENSap (Kenya Scholar-Athlete Mission) https://www.kensap.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Boit
Professor: http://www.ku.ac.ke/colleges/human_sciences/index.php/element/content material/article?id=149&Itemid=707 ,
http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH25779&kind=P
A Look again (1977 WC):
https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/12/23/runners-mike-boit-and-alberto-juantorena-september-12-1977
Rankings: https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/rankings
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72744
Deceased
Ludvik Daněk -Czech Republic 61 (1937-Nov.15,1998) 1972 Olympic gold medalist—Discus (silver ’64, bronze ’68;
Former World Report holder: 211-9 (64.55/1964), 213-11 (65.22/1965)
Ranked #1 on this planet 4 instances throughout his profession (#2 3 times)
https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/rankings
https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/ludvik-danek-1937-1998
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76597
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LudvpercentC3percentADk_Daněk
Roy Cochran 62 (1919-Sep.26, 1981) 1948 Olympic gold medalist—400m hurdles, 4×400
The 1939 U.S. Champion would have been one of many favorites on the 1940 Olympics, which have been cancelled as a consequence of Wold Warfare II.
Served within the U.S. throughout conflict.
Received his 2nd U.S. title 9 years later in 1948
All-American at Indiana: NCAA-220y Hurdles (1939-3rd, 1941-2nd)
Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2010
Coached by Billy Hayes whereas at Indiana, later by his older brother Com, who received Olympic gold within the 4×400 in 1924.
HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/roy-cochran
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78238
https://msfame.com/ricks-writings/roy-cochran-a-mississippi-olympic-story/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cochran
Ibolya Csák-Hungary 91 (1915-Feb.10, 2006) 1936 Olympic gold medalist—Excessive Leap
From Olympedia: Received the Olympic gold, though she would have positioned second by modern-day guidelines. Along with
Nice Britain’s Dorothy Odam and Germany’s Elfriede Kaun, Csák had cleared 5-2[1.60] (in two tries, in contrast
to 1 for Odam) and failed at 5-3 ½[1.62]. Within the tie-breaker for the medals, Csák was the one to clear 1.62,
taking dwelling the gold.
Received the gold medal on the 1938 European championships after the unique winner, Germany’s Dora Ratjen, turned
out to be a person!
