Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

[the other bob wilson]

This has a bit of a feel of his long jump in the Mexico Olympics in 1968 - even if it was a Marathon, thirty seconds off a world record is amazing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/25/eliud-kipchoge-takes-30-seconds-off-his-mens-marathon-world-record-in-berlin

[NYCBlue]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

I remember Willie Beaman.

[Malckent]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

This has a bit of a feel of his long jump in the Mexico Olympics in 1968 - even if it was a Marathon, thirty seconds off a world record is amazing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...cord-in-berlin

Yes I see where you are coming from. A world record not just beaten, but smashed. I think Bob broke the long jump record by over 20 inches!!!

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

Yes I see where you are coming from. A world record not just beaten, but smashed. I think Bob broke the long jump record by over 20 inches!!!

I can remember staying up until something like two in the morning to watch Lyn Davies defend his Olympic title and Beamon almost jumped out of the pit with what I think was his first attempt - it was a complete and utter anti climax.

[splott parker]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

An extremely disturbing heading to this thread......it was only 1968, hardly ages ago......well to me/us anyway:old::hehe:

[The Bloop]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

Bob Beamon's record I remember was always referred to as 'long standing' before it was broken. It stood for 23 years.
Mike Powell's record has now stood for 31 years which is just far too freaky to contemplate 😲

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

An extremely disturbing heading to this thread......it was only 1968, hardly ages ago......well to me/us anyway:old::hehe:

I can remember those Olympics so well - David Hemery and John Sherwood in the hurdles, Lillian Board who was dead within two years at just twenty two, Martin Woodruff who is a fellow Old Cantonian (that’s where the similarities begin and end), Chris Finnegan and John Carlos and Lee Evans giving black power salutes on the medal rostrum.

We win far more medals now than we did then though.

[splott parker]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

I can remember those Olympics so well - David Hemery and John Sherwood in the hurdles, Lillian Board who was dead within two years at just twenty two, Martin Woodruff who is a fellow Old Cantonian (that’s where the similarities begin and end), Chris Finnegan and John Carlos and Lee Evans giving black power salutes on the medal rostrum.

We win far more medals now than we did then though.

If you ever played against Caerphilly YMCA, the changing rooms were upstairs at the club, a short walk down the street to their pitch at Virginia Park. Anyway, on the wall in the club was a huge picture of Lillian Board:shrug: Another Lillian Board anecdote is that her boyfriend was David Emery, very similar to her fellow Olympian, and after her death he married her twin sister I believe.

[Moodybluebird]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

If you ever played against Caerphilly YMCA, the changing rooms were upstairs at the club, a short walk down the street to their pitch at Virginia Park. Anyway, on the wall in the club was a huge picture of Lillian Board:shrug: Another Lillian Board anecdote is that her boyfriend was David Emery, very similar to her fellow Olympian, and after her death he married her twin sister I believe.

I still have Lillian Board's autograph somewhere, which she signed for me at the Welsh Games when I was a kid. I managed to have a chat to her and she seemed a lovely person. Gutted that Colette Besson pipped her on the line in the Olympic final. That was at a time when I adored athletics, a time before steroid abuse reared its ugly head. We'll unless you were Irina and Tamara Press (allegedly).

[Fatty Foggon]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

I can remember the German high jumper, Fosbury Flopp.:hide:

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

I remember it well. Wasn't there talk about his performance being aided by the altitude?

Edit: Just looked it up....
https://www.topendsports.com/events/...mping%20events.

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

This has a bit of a feel of his long jump in the Mexico Olympics in 1968 - even if it was a Marathon, thirty seconds off a world record is amazing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...cord-in-berlin

I wuz there (on tv of course). Not the marathon.

Black power and all that.

[dandywarhol]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

Lyn the leap Davies 1964.Gold medal.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

If you ever played against Caerphilly YMCA, the changing rooms were upstairs at the club, a short walk down the street to their pitch at Virginia Park. Anyway, on the wall in the club was a huge picture of Lillian Board:shrug: Another Lillian Board anecdote is that her boyfriend was David Emery, very similar to her fellow Olympian, and after her death he married her twin sister I believe.

Did Lillian's sister choose to be called Mrs Emery-Board? No doubt that there is a record of it on file :getscoat:

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Anyone old enough to remember Bob Beamon.

Lyn the leap Davies 1964.Gold medal.

And leapt into immorality, as they used to say.