![]() ![]() Hicks and Shorter were both preceded by a prankster runner. Shorter and Hayes share something else beyond their victories in the Olympic Marathon: Neither was the first runner to enter the Olympic Stadium at the end of the marathon, nor was the third American winner of an Olympic Marathon, Thomas Hicks in 1904. ![]() I can't say that it was a transcendent moment, but it was definitely a thrill, at least in part because none of us had expected this opportunity. Later, Frank allowed those in attendance to lay a hand on both medals. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play "Today I get to congratulate you for that great victory." ![]() "Finally, our spiritual paths cross," Shorter said. Holding both, Frank looked up at a screen showing Hayes's photo and spoke through the decades to his predecessor. This one, smaller and less burnished, was the medal won at the 1908 London Olympic Marathon by Johnny Hayes, a new inductee into the Hall of Fame. However, the International Olympic Committee has never done anything to reward the many athletes denied their rightful medals by illegally drugged East Germans.Īt Saturday's Distance Running Hall of Fame inauguration in Utica, Shorter reached deep into his cargo pants to extract and then unwrap his gleaming 1972 medal.Then he reached even deeper to pull out another Olympic Marathon gold medal. Four years later, he finished second to Waldemar Cierpinski, whose name later appeared in the East German sports doping files. ![]() Shorter won his first gold in 1972, of course. AT THE UTICA BOILERMAKER 15K LAST WEEKEND, Frank Shorter finally got the second Olympic Marathon gold medal he has deserved for so long. ![]()
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