Allan Wells seems like he is a very well-rounded and gracious individual. There is no doubt, that he deserves the title of Olympic Champion. He trained and persevered, won in Moscow and soundly defeated the athletes boycotted out of the games soon after his victory.
I’m not at all convinced that New York Times reporter hadn’t heard of Allan Wells...Houston Mcteer knew who Allan Wells was, Wells shadowed Mcteer all over Europe in 1979, and even managed to beat him once at Gateshead, 8/9/79, Wells 10.26 to Mcteers 10.30...So Wells was hardly a stranger by that point to the Athletics world.
Great run by Allan. Sprinters are of their day but it's frightening to think that Bolt would have been 5 meters or so in front had he run in the Moscow Final. Allan was a great inspiration to me in my own (but lesser) sprinting career.
Allan Wells inspired a lot of sprinters including myself to look up & worship Linford Christie ❤️🙏 Rumours had it that Allan Wells sounded like a LION COMING OUTTA THE BLOCKS ❤
There pictures were on.our walls when I was very little as my brother Attila put them to wall. Also Alexeev was among them. Athletics family... Budapest.
I’m an American and I agree with you. I was 13 years old at the time and I remember being so disappointed because I couldn’t watch the Olympics that Summer. Funny thing is I now hear American people who supported the boycott at the time now admit that the US made a mistake.
@@jmanna66 the Americans should have gone. Politics should have nothing to do with sport. Associating politics with sport is something nazi Germany did.
@@wonjubhoy I like the approach that Britain took. They refused to have their flag raised and refused to have their anthem played. The US absolutely could have done something like that and I think the American people would have supported those measures. American athletes would have competed and would have prevented complete Russian dominance of the games.
Very Interesting Indeed is the Alan Wells story. Age 24 and still am long jumper, then started being a sprinter. Definitely interesting, and his amazing turnaround does seem almost too good to be true (?)
For some reason I always remembered Wells’ time in the finals as10.25. But I had forgotten that he ran a 10.11 in the semifinals which is flying!!! Switching from long jump to sprinting at age 24 is rather incredible. How did great Britain do in the 4x100 relay in 1980. How did Alan do in 1984 in Los Angeles when he was 32??? Can’t google with this ☎️. I don’t think he made the finals. But beating Ben Johnson at age 34 at Gateshead incredible b
Allan Wells made the semi final in 1984. To win a medal he would have to break 10.1 seconds which would have been beyond him given his fastest time was a very slow British record of 10.11.
Sprinters are made & everyone is born! Sprinting is a skill that needs to be planned out & developed. Some people are more ahead than other's but that doesn't mean that the slower people aren't able to sprint faster than the others that are faster than them. Commentators shouldn't say things that are false. Most people can develop themselves into what feels right to them, deep in their core. So sprinters are born just like everyone else & they are absolutely made!
@@adelef8280Well, the World athletic championships are in 7 days time , and we have a great sprint team going, both Male and Female. It's going to provide a feast of sprinting.
He was an awesome athlete! However, Daryl Harris and other USA sprinters were not there! D. Harris was the fastest in the world in the 200 at 19.99! ( He's from my hometown of Pittsburg, Ca. USA!)....Also 10.25 must be the slowest 100 Gold ever! Shit! I ran a 10.4 in 82' in JC!
+Nicky Depaola There was a big headwind in Moscow. Perhaps you didn´t know that, though of course you should have. Name one American sprinter Wells didn´t beat over the course of the course of the 1980 season.
+Alpha Male ...No I didn;t know that about the headwind, please forgive me...a thousand pardons! Wells was great and a great man they all said of him! One fact in history, all athlete& run different in the BIG games! There is no doubt in my mind and other from here at home in Pittsburg, Ca, ( same home as the great Eddie Hart who was ; hoodwinked at the 72; games,, that were such a farce! ( the mass killings, that 100 meter final sham, in which Eddie blew the Russian away! In the 4x100 relay! They got the sticks at the same time you can clearly see! and also the basketball Gold medal game, where they gave the USSR 4 chances to win at the end, when that too was no foul! Those games were a scam! Mr. Wells is a HOF sprinter! Without our USA team there, it just was not the same and that was a shame for many!
Where's ur proof? Don't take credit away from someone who has obviously worked very very hard to achieve what they did. I heard about McMaster and I don't believe a word of it. He and Allan had such a dislike of each other that they couldn't even pass the baton to each other in the relay. That's way before any drugs allegations and the reason for the emnity? McMaster was number 1 before Allan arrived on the scene. Might be hard to take for some and especially so I expect when he became the olympic champion. He's such a grounded, humble guy there is no way he would be taking drugs in my view and sadly he doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves a lot of which is due to him coming from a country not known for producing sprint champions, which should really get him more credit not less
Kingfish, lewis was only part of the US relay squad in 80. Wells defeated lewis to win the world cup in 81 . Wells defeated the 3 Americans after the Olympics in koblenz and also in the Golden sprints a year later. Not a forgone conclusion at al, they would have defeated Wells in Moscow.
@@darrenshaw767 I read that after Wells beat the 3 top Americans in Koblenz (just weeks after the Olympic final) Mel Lattany, one of the 3 American favourites in that race, who would have been in the Olympics but for the Boycott, congratulated Wells, saying that it wouldn't have mattered if they had been in Moscow, Wells was a worthy Olympic champion
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Allan Wells seems like he is a very well-rounded and gracious individual. There is no doubt, that he deserves the title of Olympic Champion. He trained and persevered, won in Moscow and soundly defeated the athletes boycotted out of the games soon after his victory.
I’m not at all convinced that New York Times reporter hadn’t heard of Allan Wells...Houston Mcteer knew who Allan Wells was, Wells shadowed Mcteer all over Europe in 1979, and even managed to beat him once at Gateshead, 8/9/79, Wells 10.26 to Mcteers 10.30...So Wells was hardly a stranger by that point to the Athletics world.
"A late and surprising challenge" from Mennea? He was the world record holder and favourite!!
Great run by Allan. Sprinters are of their day but it's frightening to think that Bolt would have been 5 meters or so in front had he run in the Moscow Final. Allan was a great inspiration to me in my own (but lesser) sprinting career.
ewaf88
That's like comparing Rocky Marciano with today's Heavyweights , the track and training were no where near as good what is hear today !
@@angeloverducci3279 It was just a fun comparison to highlight how much sprinting has evolved
Wells most likely had the best work ethic of any other sprinter in history.
Recently, it came out a documentary in which he's mentioned he's suppose to be on doping prior winning in Moscow 1980
@@Hever73 DULP !!!!!!!!!
@@Hever73 he never failed a drug test.
Great documentary - but someone needs to do an update. Hard to believe that Moscow was 40 years ago.
Wells’ will to win was incredible. He may not have been naturally as gifted as other athletes of the time, but he was a great competitor
Allan Wells inspired a lot of sprinters including myself to look up & worship
Linford Christie ❤️🙏
Rumours had it that Allan Wells sounded like a LION COMING OUTTA THE BLOCKS ❤
There pictures were on.our walls when I was very little as my brother Attila put them to wall. Also Alexeev was among them. Athletics family... Budapest.
I don’t give a damn about the American led boycott. They were quick to boycott and have spent the RUclips years bitching about it. Tough.
I’m an American and I agree with you. I was 13 years old at the time and I remember being so disappointed because I couldn’t watch the Olympics that Summer. Funny thing is I now hear American people who supported the boycott at the time now admit that the US made a mistake.
@@jmanna66 the Americans should have gone. Politics should have nothing to do with sport. Associating politics with sport is something nazi Germany did.
@@wonjubhoy I like the approach that Britain took. They refused to have their flag raised and refused to have their anthem played. The US absolutely could have done something like that and I think the American people would have supported those measures. American athletes would have competed and would have prevented complete Russian dominance of the games.
Seeing the kip Afghanistan turned into, should have left it to the USSR.
Very Interesting Indeed is the Alan Wells story. Age 24 and still am long jumper, then started being a sprinter. Definitely interesting, and his amazing turnaround does seem almost too good to be true (?)
For some reason I always remembered Wells’ time in the finals as10.25. But I had forgotten that he ran a 10.11 in the semifinals which is flying!!! Switching from long jump to sprinting at age 24 is rather incredible. How did great
Britain do in the 4x100 relay in 1980. How did Alan do in 1984 in Los Angeles when he was 32??? Can’t google with this ☎️. I don’t think he made the finals. But beating Ben Johnson at age 34 at Gateshead incredible b
Allan Wells made the semi final in 1984. To win a medal he would have to break 10.1 seconds which would have been beyond him given his fastest time was a very slow British record of 10.11.
Sprinters are made & everyone is born! Sprinting is a skill that needs to be planned out & developed. Some people are more ahead than other's but that doesn't mean that the slower people aren't able to sprint faster than the others that are faster than them. Commentators shouldn't say things that are false. Most people can develop themselves into what feels right to them, deep in their core. So sprinters are born just like everyone else & they are absolutely made!
Wells can move And I mean move!🎆
I made sure his vest was there - I made sure he caught the bus on time. Steady on
Wells, the last of the noble old AAA athletes. The yanks never understood it.
@@adelef8280 No they didn't- his hard work in the gym inspired me.
@@ewaf88 Exactly, Wells ran because he loved the sport, the Americans did it for a pay cheque, that was the mark of Wells.
@@adelef8280 He revived British sprinting - we didn't even bother sending any to the 76 Olympics
@@adelef8280Well, the World athletic championships are in 7 days time , and we have a great sprint team going, both Male and Female.
It's going to provide a feast of sprinting.
What is the name of this series would love to have on DVD?
Weren't the Cubans based in Russia way before the Olympics?
He was an awesome athlete! However, Daryl Harris and other USA sprinters were not there! D. Harris was the fastest in the world in the 200 at 19.99! ( He's from my hometown of Pittsburg, Ca. USA!)....Also 10.25 must be the slowest 100 Gold ever!
Shit! I ran a 10.4 in 82' in JC!
+Nicky Depaola There was a big headwind in Moscow. Perhaps you didn´t know that, though of course you should have. Name one American sprinter Wells didn´t beat over the course of the course of the 1980 season.
+Alpha Male ...No I didn;t know that about the headwind, please forgive me...a thousand pardons! Wells was great and a great man they all said of him! One fact in history, all athlete& run different in the BIG games! There is no doubt in my mind and other from here at home in Pittsburg, Ca, ( same home as the great Eddie Hart who was ; hoodwinked at the 72; games,, that were such a farce! ( the mass killings, that 100 meter final sham, in which Eddie blew the Russian away! In the 4x100 relay! They got the sticks at the same time you can clearly see! and also the basketball Gold medal game, where they gave the USSR 4 chances to win at the end, when that too was no foul! Those games were a scam! Mr. Wells is a HOF sprinter! Without our USA team there, it just was not the same and that was a shame for many!
Word on the street he was a dopper,but you didn't hear from me.
+Frogtown Slim speculation
Not the fastest man on Earth in 1980
Wells the dopping fiend.
Proof?!
I love how when a white man wins a race. Everyone thinks they cheated. Face it black people sometimes lose
Where's ur proof? Don't take credit away from someone who has obviously worked very very hard to achieve what they did.
I heard about McMaster and I don't believe a word of it. He and Allan had such a dislike of each other that they couldn't even pass the baton to each other in the relay. That's way before any drugs allegations and the reason for the emnity? McMaster was number 1 before Allan arrived on the scene. Might be hard to take for some and especially so I expect when he became the olympic champion.
He's such a grounded, humble guy there is no way he would be taking drugs in my view and sadly he doesn't get anywhere near the credit he deserves a lot of which is due to him coming from a country not known for producing sprint champions, which should really get him more credit not less
@@jabhookjabcross4231 Allan Wells never failed a drug test.
Carl Lewis would have won the 100 and 200 meters. Unfortunately, the U.S. boycotted these olympics
Wells best in 80 10.11 Lewis's best in 80 10.21
kingfish4242 Same in the 200, Wells best 20.21, Lewis 20.66
Kingfish, lewis was only part of the US relay squad in 80. Wells defeated lewis to win the world cup in 81 . Wells defeated the 3 Americans after the Olympics in koblenz and also in the Golden sprints a year later. Not a forgone conclusion at al, they would have defeated Wells in Moscow.
Carl was a freshmen in college and a year away from his 1st year of greatness. He would've done well just to make the final in 1980.
@@darrenshaw767 I read that after Wells beat the 3 top Americans in Koblenz (just weeks after the Olympic final) Mel Lattany, one of the 3 American favourites in that race, who would have been in the Olympics but for the Boycott, congratulated Wells, saying that it wouldn't have mattered if they had been in Moscow, Wells was a worthy Olympic champion
the lamest final in olympic history.
Why? Cause a white man won? Racist