Race held at Meadowlands, New Jersey, USA Announcer: Ron Pickering 1st (33:25) Lopes of Portugal 2nd (33:30) Hutchings of England 3rd (33:32) Jones of Wales 4th (33:34) Porter of USA
lópes simplemente pulverizó a la competencia, sin contemplaciones, un preludio d esu fabulosa carrera en Los Angeles, quizá uno de los más grandes maratones jamás corridos por la calidad de competidores y las condiciones extremas de calor y humedad. Un corredor con un estilo perfecto, tranquilo y callado pero una verdadera bestia en pista, campo y carretera. El corredor total
@enriquembomio3686
6 ай бұрын
That was a master class from Carlos Lopes! He is simply a legend 🤗
@leomurillo9381
Жыл бұрын
I remember this race so well because I was there! This took place at the meadowlands arena in East Rutherford New Jersey (first world cross country championship in the US) This was just at the heights of the cold war, and I remember that the Russian team and the American Team arrived in the same bus. Also, this was the first race where the Kenyan participated in cross country events (Kip Keino was the coach of this team) At the end of the race, I approached Kip Keino for an autograph, but he refused telling me that I should get an autograph from some of his runners since they were going to become world championships. The place was packed, and I was sitting on the stands. The crowd went crazy every time Pat Porter would run by in leading the race. At the end of the race then a large group of the Portuguese crowd (about 40) just went wild and picked up Lopez and parade him around. This was a very glorious moment for the Portuguese community since there was a trial of Portuguese who were accused of raping a woman in a Portuguese bar and this was very difficult and painful for the community. Carlos Lopez was not a tall looking runner, he looked more like a short, or medium size runner (about 120 lbs.) but he was very agile and very efficient in his running style. Many though that he was not going to be a threat at the next year Olympic games (which eventually he won the Marathon in an Olympic record-about 2:09 and something) He was a true underdog but what no one thought about him is that he was a cross country champion in 1976 and a silver medalist in the 10.000 meters at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal (just behind Lasse Viren) Then he had significant injuries and retired from running (76) and then began running again toward the end of 1982 and the rest is history. For sure one of the greatest (he was good in track, cross country and the marathon), totally forgotten and outside of Portugal totally underrated.
@AndrewVOdom
Жыл бұрын
I was there! Thanks for posting!
@mariafernanda-bi8ke
Жыл бұрын
GRANDE CARLOS LOPES! Lembro como se fosse hoje. Despertar com a certeza que este grande Atleta, seria o Vencedor! Um Orgulho para Portugal.🌹🇵🇹
@owenwilliams9582
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live on TV rooting for Steve Jones... Thanks for the upload.
@APBCTechnique
4 жыл бұрын
•Carlos Lopez triple world cross country champion 76, 84 & 85. •1976 Olympic silver 10,000m and Olympic gold marathon 1984. Amazing athlete and winning at 37 •World record marathon 2:07 in 1985
@pedropinto4008
4 жыл бұрын
And world record in85, Rotterdam
@usmcforever7630
3 жыл бұрын
Carlos Lopes was the best cross country runner ever
@robinbauer1975
2 жыл бұрын
LoL you do defenetly not know Kenenisa Bekele
@usmcforever7630
2 жыл бұрын
@@robinbauer1975 I stand corrected.
@mendoncacorreia
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed he was the greatest ever! By then, cross country running was already dominated by superb African athletes. The 38-years-old Lopes beat them all at Lisbon the following year.
@martinmunioz1979
3 жыл бұрын
Que inteligente Lopes! Sabía que en un spring final corto, era más lento que los otros tres... Entonces empezó a tomar ventaja faltando 3 km... Ahí hizo la diferencia y la mantuvo hasta el final...
@rangsmith4213
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, great effort from my hero steve jones.
@robertocorsini8941
Жыл бұрын
Carlos Lopes semplicemente un mito
@76Rubes
Жыл бұрын
Grande Carlos Lopes!!!
@jaqmart
Жыл бұрын
Lopes made the break early as he knew he couldn't outsprint Hutchings - Storey keeps saying Lopes had a tremendous kick and was "2nd last year" - Lopes was phenomenal but NEVER had a kick in fact and was beaten in the sprint in 1983. This comment is inaccurate -also Lopes hardly ever ran 5km either! Oh well.
@jordisol3254
2 жыл бұрын
Porter the most brave.... Front runner....... My winner in this edition
@eoinMB3949
11 ай бұрын
Prophetic commentary......."lopes will be a threat at the Olympics later this year"
@johnsakowicz6723
3 жыл бұрын
Pat Porter. Tragic death. R.I.P.
@darrenshaw767
3 жыл бұрын
There are a couple of videos on KZitem where Pat Porter posted comments. Obviously well over a decade old now are those comments.
@geneclemetson4779
3 жыл бұрын
I was there!!
@geneclemetson4779
3 жыл бұрын
It would be curious to know what happened to Pat Porter and his career in later years. Didn't hear too much from him after this.
@christopherfoote4643
2 жыл бұрын
He died. He was a pilot and he crashed I think it was roughly the same time as the Olympics in Beijing. He died along with his son.
@zendatta
4 ай бұрын
Nice run
@syrthdr09sybr34
3 жыл бұрын
Never saw the little man in the green shorts the commentator kept referring to.
@usmcforever7630
3 жыл бұрын
You must not follow cross country. That “little” big man is Carlos Lopes 3 times champion, 2nd in ‘83
@syrthdr09sybr34
3 жыл бұрын
@@usmcforever7630 Yes I am well aware of who that Giant of an athlete is. I just think it's funny how the commentator shut his mouth once Carlos started going blow for blow with the leader.
@michaell8722
3 жыл бұрын
I cringe every time the announcer mispronounces Carlos Lopes’ name...it’s pronounced Lo pesh not Lo pez. Spaniards don’t pronounce Lopez that way, it’s Lo pith.
@MindPower
3 жыл бұрын
Well, and " the short guy in the green trunks"... When probably this is one of the "Goats", 37? Someone should make a study on this guy for so many reasons 😉
@manuelregalado1426
3 жыл бұрын
Lopes is Portuguese, not Spaniard…
@johnmc3862
3 ай бұрын
It’s because words exist in English with ‘es’ at the end such as, ‘slopes’. Such the pronunciation is assumed to be the same.
@ZimbaZumba
3 жыл бұрын
Typical British commentating. Talk at length about the Englishman, barely mention the Welshman.
@jaqmart
Жыл бұрын
Indeed - also Storey keeps saying Lopes had a tremendous kick and was "2nd last year" - Lopes was phenomenal but NEVER had a kick in fact and was beaten in the sprint in 1983. This commentary is very inaccurate.
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