Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 4 x 400m Relay Finals – USA Gold

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DOG ASIDE: The USA men’s 4 x 400 m relay…..1st leg Sunder Nix….2nd leg Ray Armstead….3rd leg Alonzo Babers….4th leg Antonio McKay….run away with the gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984 in a time of 2:57.92…..with the team from Great Britain of Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown, Garry Cook win the silver medal…..and…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 4 x 100 m Relay Finals – USA Gold 2

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DOG COMMENTARY: In the course of the last 5 years…..I have watched every foot of video tape that Bone Daddy has regarding the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….and one of my very favorites is this video clip right here….the finals in the men’s 4 x 100 m relay….a single time around the track at lightning speeds….with…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Decathlon – Discus Throw

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DOG ASIDE: The discus throw in the men’s decathlon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was the 7th event of the 10 events in the competition….and going into the discus, GBR Daley Thompson was 109 points ahead of FGR Jurgen Hingsen in 2nd after 6 events…..while Thompson was 302 points ahead of FGR Wentz in…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Synchronized Swimming – SUI Edith Boss & Karin Singer

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DOG ASIDE: Edith Boss Karin Singer are former synchronized swimmers from Switzerland….who both competed in the women’s solo and the women’s duet competitions at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….where they came in 5th place in duet competition….and Singer placed 8th in solo competition…. while both competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympics in both the solo and duets….where…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – News – Channel 24 Newsbreak

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DOG COMMENTARY: When I get to post one of these videos of Austin’s Channel 24 KVUE Newsbriefs….it always brings back so many fond memories…..like Ch 24 anchorperson Judy Maggio….who was on the news desk in 1984 during the Los Angeles Olympics…..and is still the KVUE News anchor alongside Ron Oliveda and weather man Troy Kimmel….as…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Diving – Womens Platform Prelims – Dive 4 Round

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DOG ASIDE: As the 4th round of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics women’s platform diving competition got under way….it was still difficult to figure out who was the “cream of the crop” in this competition…as the contestants were limited by the degree of difficulty during the first four rounds…..but beginning in the 5th round of…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Diving – Womens Platform Prelims – Dive 2 & 3 Round

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DOG ASIDE: After the 1st round of dives in the preliminaries of the women’s platform diving competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….USA Michele Mitchell was in 1st….with Sweden’s Marianne Weinas in 2nd….then comes USA Wendy Wyland in 3rd….followed by China’s Zhou Jihong in 4th and Chen Xiaoxia in 5th….in what will turn into a…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Field Hockey – Womens Bronze Match – USA VS AUS

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DOG COMMENTARY: Since Bone Daddy saw a live event in every sport (26) at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….there were a few sports that he had never seen live before….synchronized swimming, field hockey, fencing, equestrian and team handball….and after seeing a live event of each of those sports….he made the comment about field hockey….cuz he…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Gymnastics – Womens Rythmic Finals – CAN Lori Fung

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DOG ASIDE: Lori Fung is a Canadian gymnastics coach and retired rhythmic gymnast….who won the gold medal in women’s rhythmic gymnastics all around at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….a time when Rhythmic Gymnastics was officially added as an Olympic Sport at the 1984 Olympic Games. The gymnasts from USSR and Bulgaria were favored to win in…