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This Day in Observe & Subject–September 27
1922—Sweden’s Sven Lundgren set a World File of two:28.6 for 1000-meters on the 385-meter observe in Stockholm.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_metres_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Lundgren
1925—Finland’s Jonni Myyrä, who gained his 2nd consecutive Olympic gold medal within the Javelin in 1924, threw a private better of 224-11 (68.55) in Richmond,CA. Because the meet was not sanctioned by the AAU, the mark was not acknowledged as a World File.
His Olympic success made Myyrä a hero in his native Finland, but it surely was later found after he emigrated to the U.S. that he had been concerned in some questionable choices in his position as a financial institution supervisor that had a detrimental impact on native companies and people.
There was a acknowledged World File set in Turku, Finland, on this date, as Norway’s Charles Hoff raised his personal 6-week previous customary within the Pole Vault from 13-10 ½ (4.23) to 13-11 ¼ (4.25). It was the 4th World File of his profession. An all-around athlete, Hoff competed within the 400 and 800 on the 1924 Olympics.
WR Development(PV): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_pole_vault_world_record_progression
Myyrä: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67712
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonni_Myyrä
Hoff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoff
1955—The Soviet Union’s Albert Ivanov ran 1:17:34.0 for 25,000-Meters in Moscow to interrupt the earlier World File of 1:19:11.8 that was set by Czech Emil Zátopek in 1952. Zátopek would regain the file a month later by working 1:16:36.4.
1958—An English group of Mike Blagrove (4:05.4), Peter Clark (4:06.6), Derek Ibbotson (4:08.6), and Brian Hewson (4:10.0) set a World File of 16:30.6 within the 4-Mile Relay at White Metropolis Stadium in London.
Hewson, one of many first males to interrupt 4-minutes for the mile when he ran 3:59.8 in 1955, handed away in 2022 on the age of 89.
https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/european-1500m-champion-brian-hewson-passes-away-at-89-1039960957/
1980—The brand new Jumbo Elliott Observe at Villanova was devoted throughout the Wildcats’ soccer recreation with Boston School. Among the many many Olympians readily available who competed for the legendary coach had been gold medalists Ron Delany, Charlie Jenkins, Paul Drayton, and Don Bragg.
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/23/obituaries/jumbo-elliott-of-villanova-is-dead-long-an-outstanding-track-coach.html
1988–This was presupposed to be a day of relaxation on the Seoul Olympics. An opportunity for followers to mirror on the primary 5 days of competitors that produced Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s 4th (and last) World File within the Heptathlon (7,291), repeat Olympic wins for Carl Lewis and Roger Kingdom within the Lengthy Bounce and 110-hurdles, respectively, Flo-Jo’s win within the Ladies’s 100, and an awesome Males’s 100 that noticed Canadian Ben Johnson beat Lewis with a brand new World File of 9.79.
And the off-day was going to supply these of us who had been engaged on the NBC manufacturing crew an opportunity to get an additional hour or two of sleep and perhaps maintain some laundry wants.
However that each one modified within the early morning hours because the phrase began to unfold that Johnson had failed his drug check and can be disqualified! I obtained a name at about 6am from Pete Cava, who was working with NBC as an Olympic researcher. Announcers Charlie Jones, Frank Shorter, and Dwight Stones had been going to debate the breaking information with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley, who had been serving because the hosts for NBC’s broadcast, and Producer John Gonzalez informed me to go along with them to supply any background info if the necessity arose. Since a press convention was scheduled to happen on the Seoul Hilton, the place we had been staying, I requested fellow researcher Ed Gordon to observe that in case any additional developments got here up.
Once we arrived on the NBC set, Gumbel, realizing the gravity of the scenario, put everybody comfy by saying, “All proper, girls and boys, let’s have some enjoyable with this”. The section went in addition to might be anticipated, however there was no enjoyable on the minds of these of us who had been deeply concerned within the sport.
This is able to become our “Day of Infamy”, a day when most of the people’s notion of our sport was modified without end. Up till this level, most individuals seemed upon T&F as a pure newbie sport, one wherein athletes did all the fitting issues as they pursued their Olympic desires. Johnson’s subsequent trial and request for forgiveness meant that issues would by no means be the identical once more.
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/27/sports activities/the-seoul-olympics-johnson-loses-gold-to-lewis-after-drug-test.html?pagewanted=all
Sports activities Illustrated Vault:
https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/10/10/man-not-superman-ben-johnsons-demise-revealed-a-more-endearing-carl-lewis
https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/06/26/he-has-suffered-enough-let-ben-johnsons-87-mark-stand-and-dont-ban-him-for-life
Coach Comes Clear: https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/03/13/a-dirty-coach-comes-clean
2000—Working out of the dreaded lane one, Angelo Taylor nonetheless managed to win the Males’s 400-Meter Hurdles on the Sydney Olympics, setting a private better of 47.50. He wanted an Olympian lean to defeat Hadi Soua’an Somayli of Saudi Arabia, who ran 47.53. South Africa’s Llewellyn Herbert (47.81) beat out American James Carter (48.04) for the bronze medal.
Taylor, who would win his 2nd gold medal within the occasion 8 years later in Beijing, adopted within the footsteps of Uganda’s John Akii-Bua, who additionally gained the 400-hurdles out of lane one on the 1972 Video games in Munich.
Whereas Taylor was already well-known within the occasion, that wasn’t the case for Russia’s Irina Privalova, one of many world’s greatest sprinters all through the Nineties. A rookie within the Ladies’s 400-hurdles, Privalova gained the gold medal with a private greatest time of 53.02 and beat Jamaica’s Deon Hemmings (53.45), the defending champion, within the course of. third was Morocco’s Nezha Bidouane (53.57), who would win her 2nd World title the next yr.
After a surprisingly sluggish first 400 (53.43), all 8 finalists within the Males’s 800-Meters had been in competition on the finish of the ultimate backstretch. Italy’s Andrea Longo edged forward on the flip, however crowded Switzerland’s André Bucher, forcing him to take a couple of strides within the infield. Longo was nonetheless in entrance halfway via the homestretch, however light to Sixth and was later disqualified for his earlier foul on Bucher. In the meantime, Germany’s Nils Schumann (1:45.08) had taken the lead and was in a position to maintain off the late rush by Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer (1:45.14), the World File holder. Algeria’s Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1:45.18) gained the bronze medal.
Successful gold and bronze within the Ladies’s Discus had been Belarus’s Ellina Zvereva (224-5 [68.40]) and Iryna Yatchenko
(213-11 [65.20]), with Greece’s Anastasía Kelesídou (215-7 [65.71]) profitable the silver medal.
Kazakhstan’s Olga Shishigina (12.65) edged Nigeria’s Glory Alozie (12.68) to win the Ladies’s 100-Meter Hurdles, with American Melissa Morrison (12.76) profitable the bronze medal.
Gail Devers, a 2-time gold medalist within the 100-Meters (1992,1996), continued to have laborious luck within the hurdles on the Olympics as she pulled up with a sore hamstring in her semi-final race. Devers had tripped over the ultimate hurdle whereas main within the last on the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Sergey Bubka’s Olympic issues additionally continued because the 6-time World Champion no-heighted within the qualifying spherical of the Males’s Pole Vault. After profitable gold on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he no-heighted within the last in Barcelona in 1992 and an damage saved him out of the 1996 Video games in Atlanta.
http://tinyurl.com/NYT-AngeloTaylor2000
Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics
Movies: M400h W400h M800 W100h
2019—The World Championships opened up in Doha, Qatar, with the Ladies’s Marathon beginning at midnight to keep away from the stifling warmth (ending on the twenty eighth), but it surely was nonetheless 90 levels (32c) with 72% humidity because the race started. In a survival of the fittest affair, Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich emerged because the winner in 2:32:43, the slowest profitable time in World Championship (and Olympic) historical past. 2nd was Bahrain’s (and Kenya’s) Rose Chelimo (2:33:46), the defending champion, and Helalia Johannes (2:34:15) gained the bronze medal, the primary for a Namibian lady on the Worlds.
41-year previous Roberta Groner (2:38:44), a mom of three sons and a full-time nursing supervisor, who’s coached by Steve Magness, was the highest American finisher, gathering $6,000 in prize cash for putting Sixth!
Solely 40 of the unique 68 starters had been in a position to end the race.
Medalists/Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Outcomes
Video(Full Race): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZRE8_VEODk
T&F Information Protection(for subscribers)
Marathon: https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/world-champs-womens-marathon-hot-from-the-get-go/
Groner: https://www.espn.com/espnw/life-style/story/_/id/26657108/the-remarkable-story-41-year-old-olympic-marathon-hopeful-roberta-groner
Born On This Day*
Parker Valby 23 (2002) 6-time NCAA Champion whereas at Florida (gained 5 in a single tutorial yr):
2023—5000, X-Nation
2024—3000i, 5000i, 5000, 10,000 (2nd within the 5000 in 2022)
2nd within the 10,000, 4th within the 5000, on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. Had the choice of competing in each occasions on the Olympics
after Elle St.Pierre gave up her spot within the 5000 to focus on the 1500. Selected to run solely the ten,000 in Paris, the place
she completed eleventh after boldy transferring into 2nd place with 3-1/2 laps to go.
The “sophomore jinx” (on the elite degree) struck in 2025..a foot damage saved her on the sidelines for all however one race in all however one
race in early February, when she ran 8:34.95 for 3000-meters.
Set Collegiate Data indoors within the 5000 and outdoor within the 5000 and 10,000 in 2024
Accidents early in her profession led to an unorthodox coaching routine (see hyperlink under).
PBs: 8:34.95i (2024), 14:51.44 (2024/CR), 14:52.79i (2024/CR), 30:50.43 (2024/CR)
OG 10,000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XYwu9UFlA4
“I’m The Underdog Now”: www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a61638638/parker-valby-2024-olympics-preparation/
Florida Bio: https://floridagators.com/sports activities/track-and-field/roster/parker-valby/16542
“Grateful”: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=information&news_id=669108
Coaching: https://www.8020endurance.com/the-gift-of-parker-valby/
Giving Again: https://fl.milesplit.com/articles/342705/parker-valby-on-hosting-first-ever-holiday-mile-event
Movies: ’24 NCAA 5k 30:50.43 ’24 NCAA 5000i/CR ’24 O.T. 10k
Peres Jepchirchir-Kenya 32 (1993) 2021 Olympic gold medalist-Marathon (Sapporo, Japan); 2024-Fifteenth
2025 World Champion (Tokyo, Japan)…overtook Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa within the last 100-meters on the observe!
Winner on the Valencia (2020), NY Metropolis (2021), Boston (2022), and London (2024) Marathons
Missed the 2022 World Championships as a result of a hip damage
3-time World Champion: Half-Marathon (2016, 2020, 2023)
PBs: 1:05:06 (2017/WR on the time), 2:16:16 (2024/#11 All-Time) 2025 SB: 2:24:43
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peres_Jepchirchir
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144809
Movies: ’21 OG ’21 NYC ’22 Boston ’24 London ’25 WC
OG Report: https://www.olympedia.org/outcomes/19000740
Jeneba Tarmoh 36 (1989) 2012 Olympic gold medalist-4×100 (1st spherical)
Silver medalist within the 4×100 on the 2013 World Championships
2-time finalist within the 200 on the World Championships (2013-Fifth, 2016-Sixth)
3-time NCAA Champion (Texas A&M)-2010 (4×100), 2011 (4×400-indoors & outdoor)
Different NCAA placings:
2010-100 (third), 200 (2nd, Fifth[i]); 2011-200 (2nd, 2nd[i])
3-time World Junior Champion-100 (2008), 4×100 (2006,2008)
2008 U.S. Junior Champion-100
Was concerned in a controversial dead-heat with coaching companion Allyson Felix for third place within the 100-Meters on the
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. A runoff to find out who would compete within the 100 on the London Olympics was
scheduled for the day after the Trials ended, but it surely was canceled after she withdrew from the race, saying she
was drained, each bodily and emotionally. “I don’t consider that I’d have been at my greatest if I went out
there”. She was nonetheless named to the U.S. group as a member of the relay pool and went on to win a gold medal in
London after working in Felix’s place within the first spherical of the 4×100. With Felix working the 2nd leg, the U.S. set
the present World File of 40.82 within the last.
Presently on the employees at Neighborhood West, a psychological well being remedy middle in Los Angeles.
https://communitywesttreatment.com/jeneba-tarmoh-ma/
PBs:7.22i (2012), 10.93 (2013), 22.23 (2015)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126526
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeneba_Tarmoh
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/jeneba-tarmoh-14322457
Useless-Warmth:
https://olympics.time.com/2012/07/03/felix-vs-tarmoh-dead-heat-why-tracks-big-night-went-caput/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDJtViJpRlo
Texas A&M Corridor of Fame: https://12thman.com/honors/texas-am-athletic-hall-of-fame/jeneba-tarmoh/337
https://www.instagram.com/aggietfxc/p/CxPFYLHssdU/?img_index=1
Jacques Borlée—Belgium 68 (1957) The daddy and coach of Belgium’s “Borlée Dynasty”
He and his spouse, Edith de Martelaere, had been each Belgian dash champions. PB-46.17
Twins Kevin (44.56) and Jonathan (44.43) had been All-People at Florida State and have traded
the Nationwide File for 400-meters. Youthful brother Dylan (45.57) joined his siblings on
the Belgian 4×400 group that completed 4th on the Rio Olympics and set a Nationwide File of
2:58.52. All 3 additionally ran on the group that completed 4th on the 2017 World Championships
in London. Sister Olivia, the oldest of the group, led off the Belgian 4×100 group on the
2008 Olympics that was upgraded to gold medalists in 2017 after Russia was
retroactively disqualified for doping infractions. She competed within the first spherical of the
200 in Rio.
Kevin anchored Belgium to a win within the 4×400 on the 2022 World Indoor Championships, whereas he and Dylan gained
bronze within the 4×400 on the 2022 World Out of doors Championships. Additionally they ran on the profitable group on the 2023 European
Indoor Championships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_BorlpercentC3percentA9e
Deceased
Fred Schule 82 (1879-Sep.14, 1962) 1904 Olympic gold medalist—110 Meter Hurdles
1903 U.S. Champion-120y Hurdles
2-time Huge-10 Champion—Lengthy Bounce (Wisconsin/1900,1901)
Obtained a bachelor of science diploma from the College of Wisconsin in 1901 in bacteriology and chemistry
Pursued a Grasp’s diploma at Michigan, the place he was a member of the T&F and soccer groups. Gained the 120y-
hurdles on the 1904 Penn Relays and was a member of the 1903 soccer group that had a file of 11-0-1 and
outscored its opponents 565-6. (From Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Schule
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79005
