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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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    The marathon at London 1908 was one of the strangest runs ever, with a series of bizarre incidents earning the race legendary status.
    The most unusual moments from Olympic history are investigated once again to reveal the stranger side of the five rings: bit.do/StMENG
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 61

  • @rebeccanorris4586
    @rebeccanorris4586 4 роки тому +190

    "They didn't want him to die in front of the queen." omg LOL

  • @MikeSmith74653
    @MikeSmith74653 6 років тому +64

    Al least one good thing that came out of that race: 26 miles, 385 yards have set as the standard length of the marathon to this day.

  • @musicsurfer17
    @musicsurfer17 4 роки тому +104

    I would love to see a video about the 1904 Olympic Marathon, with it's modern olympics first ever's in performance enhancing drug usage and first almost recorded fatality, Lorz's hitchhiking adveture to the finish, literally everything about Felix Carvajal, the experiment on dehydration....oh and did i forget the 10 greek runners who had never run a marathon before, and the one of two african participants who was run a mile off course by wild dogs?

    • @adammullarkey4996
      @adammullarkey4996 3 роки тому +14

      You forgot the postman who ran in his street clothes and ate a rotten apple on the way round.

    • @davidsaygi8587
      @davidsaygi8587 3 роки тому +4

      @@adammullarkey4996 that's felix carvajal which he said

    • @the.seagull.35
      @the.seagull.35 3 роки тому +1

      Jon Bois made a video about just that subject, it's fascinating.

    • @markosazter4717
      @markosazter4717 5 місяців тому

      I would dare say that that directly deserves its own movie.

  • @CSLucasEpic
    @CSLucasEpic 4 роки тому +56

    London 1908: Wow, now that Marathon was weird, wasn't it?
    St. Louis 1904: Hold my beer.

  • @lebo9010
    @lebo9010 3 роки тому +4

    In the Soweto Marathon in South Africa, the crowd cheers you on and offers beers and ciders during your run 😂

  • @yoshabetic
    @yoshabetic 5 років тому +42

    The true loser of this is the kid named Marathon. Yikes...

  • @phoolvio
    @phoolvio 2 роки тому +2

    Recent searches have found his family name was misspelled because it was Petri, not Pietri.

  • @spitzfire1107
    @spitzfire1107 3 роки тому +4

    The story is more likely a Sports Comedy plot. LOL

  • @murtaza300
    @murtaza300 4 роки тому +4

    This is so Interesting and so Amazing

  • @freg35
    @freg35 6 років тому +6

    Please do a Tennis and Table Tennis sports swap!

  • @danmas4726
    @danmas4726 5 років тому +6

    how come halswelle grow mustache overnight?

  • @Kingofdafarm21
    @Kingofdafarm21 3 роки тому +2

    Incredible footage

  • @CSLucasEpic
    @CSLucasEpic 5 років тому +12

    So... getting help crossing the finish line in 1908 got you disqualified but in 1904 it was okay?

    • @panner11
      @panner11 4 роки тому +3

      rules get added over time, what's the confusion?

    • @CSLucasEpic
      @CSLucasEpic 4 роки тому +5

      @@panner11 Why it wasn't a rule to begin with, mostly. "Having to run all by yourself." seems like a givenm rule for any racing event, don't you think so?

  • @wouter_scholten
    @wouter_scholten 5 років тому +13

    Miles and yards? Please use SI units instead of those archaic ones.

    • @krishnaraghavan4986
      @krishnaraghavan4986 3 роки тому +2

      They are using them because that is how they measured things then

  • @Jabberstax
    @Jabberstax Місяць тому

    1908, when London was still a beautiful English city.

  • @ellamadden208
    @ellamadden208 6 років тому +10

    or a swimming and running with Usain bolt and Micheal phelps

  • @franciscotoro9454
    @franciscotoro9454 10 місяців тому

    There is nothing "bizarre about the London marathon. The same thing happened in the 1904 marathon, where the leader collapsed. That is not unusual.

  • @jadecummings8093
    @jadecummings8093 6 років тому +2

    So that was the first Olympics games which started in 1908.

  • @reiryghts639
    @reiryghts639 4 роки тому

    Feels bad for the other guy

  • @biebelboy6701
    @biebelboy6701 6 років тому +1

    I wonder who was the fastest swimmer at the time

  • @markmiller6402
    @markmiller6402 3 роки тому +1

    You couldn’t make this up haha

  • @juliannotbreezy5321
    @juliannotbreezy5321 4 роки тому +4

    i wanna be in the olympics

  • @paulonatanaeldossantossana3909
    @paulonatanaeldossantossana3909 3 роки тому

    Mary decker caiu pela zola budd 1984 strangest moments

  • @umutkurt6664
    @umutkurt6664 6 років тому

    Okey yes

  • @BHAFCboy3456
    @BHAFCboy3456 4 роки тому

    Britain is cheering

  • @biebelboy6701
    @biebelboy6701 6 років тому +2

    This is cool

  • @kapitankuro3041
    @kapitankuro3041 6 років тому +1

    How About Chess ?

  • @biebelboy6701
    @biebelboy6701 6 років тому

    Hi

  • @kvernon1
    @kvernon1 3 роки тому +2

    This is a joke! They staged all the events of this day as a big slapstick comedy.
    Believe me, running a marathon is a serious challenge, mentally & physically.
    This video would be so much better if it was portrayed as the drama it actually was.

  • @ashleycook9754
    @ashleycook9754 3 роки тому

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    @aminseldirawi4516 3 роки тому

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  • @TABRIS333
    @TABRIS333 5 років тому +7

    So fake italian mustache are fine and funny, but if i paint my face black....great.

    • @HusseinDoha
      @HusseinDoha 5 років тому +6

      For me, as a black, I do NOT feel offended by blackfacing. If there's no malice intended, it's fine.

  • @raffaojeda
    @raffaojeda 4 роки тому

    jajaj funny video

  • @SilverAlaunt
    @SilverAlaunt 6 років тому +3

    Anybody else constantly cringing at the narrators pronunciation of “controversy”?

    • @skaterkid901
      @skaterkid901 5 років тому +9

      Not really, as that's how it's pronounced in English.

    • @양지혜-i3h
      @양지혜-i3h 4 роки тому +2

      @@skaterkid901 *in British English

    • @arandombard1197
      @arandombard1197 3 роки тому +2

      @@양지혜-i3h So English then. It's our language, everyone else is borrowing it.

    • @양지혜-i3h
      @양지혜-i3h 3 роки тому +3

      @@arandombard1197 What kind of mentality is that? That's like saying that Mexican or Peruvian pronunciation is wrong because Spain Spanish is correct and everyone in Latin America is borrowing it. Or Canadian French is wrong because they're borrowing it from France, etc. Many languages are spoken in different places and to say that the original place is "our language" is just unnecessarily hubristic.
      People all over the world speak English and people from Britain, America, India, Australia, Canada, etc. will naturally have some slight differences in pronunciation. If you want to know what linguistic "borrowing" actually is, then actually educate yourself on linguistic theory rather than ignorantly making cocky assertions. Thank you!

    • @arandombard1197
      @arandombard1197 3 роки тому +1

      @@양지혜-i3h Because it is our language. Ours is the most important when it comes to the correct pronunciation. We don't have to qualify it. You're certainly allowed to pronounce it differently, but make sure to call it American English. However, when we use English without qualifiers, it defaults to us.
      Don't like it? Create a new language.

  • @ellamadden208
    @ellamadden208 6 років тому +17

    do a gymnastics and pole vault sports swap

  • @christopher-ke9nj
    @christopher-ke9nj 5 місяців тому

    Up yours America

  • @no127
    @no127 3 роки тому +3

    Seeing the terrible relations between countries and the very unhealthy competitions they had back in the day, and then seeing today's athletes sharing medals and embracing each other irrespective of race, gender and nationality makes one feel that the world is far better off today😊

    • @adolfpereira3313
      @adolfpereira3313 3 роки тому

      Relations between countries are WAY worse today, the only thing is that they hide it very well and people act like they are all nice people because they get paid a lot more when they fake it.