Lucky489 wrote:
Doesn't that make the fact he ran the fastest time in history a record that still stands today even more impressive. He could have coasted and not won by 31 and 1/2 lengths. Yes should have been in pink. If someone can Beaman's jump at altitude in Mexico City makes him a jump in the rest of his career he never got within 2 feet of. Why not?
Thank you for giving me the excuse to post this moment. Chic Anderson's call as Secratariat pulls away on the far turn: "He's moving like a tre---men---dous machine" will never be matched as a real time description of an all time performance and even after hearing it hundreds of times never fails to raise goosebumps.