Every American track fan has been waiting for Eugene’s favorite sons, the heroes of the men’s 800-meter Trials race, to continue their storybook ascent into the upper echelons of their sport here at the Olympics. With their Hollywood-worthy three-man come-from-behind finish, Nick Symmonds, Andrew Wheating, and Christian Smith, all Oregon-based runners, produced a crowd reaction that rivaled those at other hometown favorites’ huge victories, like Fani Halkia’s in the Athens women’s 400 hurdles, Cathy Freeman’s in the Sydney women’s 400, and Steve Prefontaine’s right there in Eugene at the 1972 Olympic Trials men’s 5000 meters… [More]
Tags: 800 meters, Distance Running, NYRR, Olympic Track and Field, Olympics, Running, Stuart Calderwood
