dougdeep
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A protester just attacked the leader and probably cost him the race.
Chaos in the Marathon
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edit: upon seeing the incident, i can now state that it was truly a disgusting thing for someone to do.
To think that guy has been training his whole life for that one race and a chance of a gold medal at the olympics..ruined by some twat. The race should have been stopped.
To think that guy has been training his whole life for that one race and a chance of a gold medal at the olympics..ruined by some twat. The race should have been stopped.
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oldham gull
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Protesting about what?...long runs in hot weather?
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
winnersoldham gull said:
we had someone finish 4th?
Brighton till i die
You havin' a bubble?
i dont think its f***ing funny that!
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Brighton till i die said:
Nor do I, denoed someone a possible gold medal
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
i apologiseBrighton till i die said:
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
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It was a bit of a comedy moment as it wasn't one of ours but blimey any nutter / suicide bomber could have got on the course. Not good. 
what did the protester do
John Boy
Paul McShane
What nationality was the runner who got knocked out of the way?
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
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He man-handled the Brazilian and bundled him into the crowd whilst the old bill were miles away
what a dickhead
Percy Tantrums
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I think I might know who the fellow is. Wasn't he the fellow who ran across the Silvertone track during the F1 race last year? If so I think I might know something about him
Giant Seagull
That was textbook
Brendan foster said "the police looked like they were on a sunday afternoon cruise"
from bbc
Protester ruins marathon
Men's marathon as it happened
Italy's Stefano Baldini took gold in the men's marathon, but his victory was overshadowed after one of the runners was attacked by a protester.
Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima had been leading the race by a comfortable margin before the protester appeared four miles from the finish.
Soon afterwards, Baldini overtook de Lima to win with a new Olympic record in a time of two hours 10:54 secs.
USA's Mebrahtom Keflezighi took silver while De Lima finished with bronze.
The protester was immediately arrested and taken to a police station, but there was no further details about the man's name or nationality.
Great Britain's Jon Brown suffered further Olympic misery when he repeated his fourth place in Sydney four years earlier after clocking a time of two hours 12:26 secs.
A slow pace was set in the early stages in the hot temperatures before Hendrick Ramaala decided to break clear at the 10-mile mark.
But it proved too early for the South African who dropped well behind as the field caught him and then de Lima went alone after 13 miles.
He stayed comfortably in front until the 22-mile mark when he was bundled into the barriers by the protestor.
Even before then he looked likely to be caught by the fast-chasing Baldini but the incident massively helped the Italian's gold chase.
Once in front, Baldini looked in little danger of being caught despite the best efforts of Keflezighi, who had to make do with second.
Remarkably, de Lima managed to hold onto his bronze medal position much to the delight of the crowd, who had watched the earlier incident on the big screen and greeted his entry to the Panathinaiko Stadium with a massive cheer.
Protester ruins marathon
Men's marathon as it happened
Italy's Stefano Baldini took gold in the men's marathon, but his victory was overshadowed after one of the runners was attacked by a protester.
Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima had been leading the race by a comfortable margin before the protester appeared four miles from the finish.
Soon afterwards, Baldini overtook de Lima to win with a new Olympic record in a time of two hours 10:54 secs.
USA's Mebrahtom Keflezighi took silver while De Lima finished with bronze.
The protester was immediately arrested and taken to a police station, but there was no further details about the man's name or nationality.
Great Britain's Jon Brown suffered further Olympic misery when he repeated his fourth place in Sydney four years earlier after clocking a time of two hours 12:26 secs.
A slow pace was set in the early stages in the hot temperatures before Hendrick Ramaala decided to break clear at the 10-mile mark.
But it proved too early for the South African who dropped well behind as the field caught him and then de Lima went alone after 13 miles.
He stayed comfortably in front until the 22-mile mark when he was bundled into the barriers by the protestor.
Even before then he looked likely to be caught by the fast-chasing Baldini but the incident massively helped the Italian's gold chase.
Once in front, Baldini looked in little danger of being caught despite the best efforts of Keflezighi, who had to make do with second.
Remarkably, de Lima managed to hold onto his bronze medal position much to the delight of the crowd, who had watched the earlier incident on the big screen and greeted his entry to the Panathinaiko Stadium with a massive cheer.