Ron Clarke Documentary

On Apr 10, 2013


Last evening I viewed this documented on the excellent aussie athlete, John Clarke. as the movie is old, it was just submitted to youtube. John Clarke was regarded as the elite athlete of his day time and he arranged 17 recognized globe records, but is just as well-known for  never successful an Olympic precious metal medal.

 This video clip has some excellent traditional video clip. John Clarke as the youthful torchbearer at the 1956 Victoria Olympics. John Clarke obtaining triggered in a competition and obtaining the excellent Steve Landy quit and assist him up prior to starting with earn the competition.


And then their is John Clarke in the Olympic 10,000 yards operating his coronary heart out actually in the height of South america Town attempting to stick with the elevation educated Africans. He states have almost passed away that day time and to have endured coronary heart harm in his efforts. as the job interviews with John are two years old, you can listen to him referring to issues like the cinder monitors of his day time. Heck, I educated on a cinder monitor in higher school! You can also listen to his excellent tale of the renowned Emil Zapotek and how John lastly obtained an Olympic precious metal medal. For people who like to listen to about the good reputation for our sport, this is a documented well really worth watching.