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

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DOG ASIDE: I don’t remember if I ever mentioned this….but I just love the track relay events….both men’s and women’s…..especially when it is the USA teams in the Olympic Games….cuz the red, white and blue are all over the Olympic history books….and this group of ladies in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics track women’s 4…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Womens 400 m Hurdles – MAR Nawal El Moutawakel

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DOG ASIDE: There are some stories in sports that just bring a smile to my face…..and the story on this video is one of those….every time I watch….I just smile and feel good….cuz for the first time in the history of the country of Morroco to compete in the Olympics…..they win a medal….and not just…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track & Field – Mens High Jump – USA Dwight Stones

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DOG ASIDE: Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator….a two-time Olympic bronze medalist at 1972 Munich Olympics and 1976 Montreal Olympics….becoming the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics. During his 16-year career…he was the world record holder three times in the men’s high jump….he won 19 national championships.. Since…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 1500m Finals – Gold GBR Sebastian Coe

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DOG COMMENTARY: The track men’s 1500 m race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was run on Saturday, August 11th….featuring the existing world record holder at 3:34.91 set in Rieti, Italy on September 4, 1983 by GBR Steve Ovett….who was one of twelve runners in the ’84 Games finals….along with GBR Steve Cram, ESP Jose…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 3000 m Steeple Chase Finals

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DOG COMMENTARY: What I learned from Bone Daddy…..and have found to be true in my life as a sportsphile….is that sports have proven over and over to me…..to really pull at my “heartstrings”….cuz it brings out a purity that is not often found in HUMAN endeavors….just the simple purity of giving all you have…..and then…

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

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DOG ASIDE: In the women’s 4 x 100 m relay in track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics…..the USA team was heavily favored to win gold….with Alice Brown (2nd in the 100 m dash) running the 1st leg….followed by Jeanette Bolden (4th in the 100 m dash) running the 2nd leg…..then Chandra Cheeseborough…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 1500m Semifinals – USA Spivey & GBR Cram & GBR Ovett

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DOG ASIDE: This 2nd semifinal heat of the men’s 1500 m run at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….featured 3 runners who could break the world record in the race…..GBR Steve Cram, GBR Steve Ovett and USA Jim Spivey…..as the race is brought to the viewer by ABC’s Al Micheals and Marty Liquori…..and since Liquori was…

Olympics – 1984 Los Angeles – Track – Mens 400m Finals – USA Alonzo Babers Gold

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DOG ASIDE: Leading up to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….the track men’s 400 m dash had been mostly dominated by USA Antonio McKay throughout the year leading up to the ’84 Olympics…..having commented on many occasions, with a certain amount of arrogance, that he was the man to beat in the Games…..but as the competitors…

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…