The men’s marathon at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games in Canada was won by East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski. Here is a 6-minute highlight video of the race, and for some reason the footage stops just before Cierpinski crosses the line. See more on the men’s Olympic Games marathon.
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Marathon Montreal 1976 Olympic Games
June 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
Tags: 1976·1976 Olympics·Athletics·Canada·East Germany·events·marathon·Montreal·olympic games·track and field
100m Men's Sprint 1976 Montreal Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games was won by Trinidad sprinter Hasely Crawford in 10.06 seconds. Here is a video of the final. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1976·1976 Olympics·Athletics·Canada·events·Montreal·olympic games·track and field
Johnson wins Seoul 1988 Olympics Men’s 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Ben Johnson wins by ‘a mile’ in the men’s 100m sprint event. His time was 9.79 seconds. He was very quickly stripped of his win as he tested positive to performance enhancing drugs. Second in the race (eventual gold medalist) was Carl Lewis and 3rd was UK runner Linford Christie. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1988·1988 Olympics·Ben Johnson·Canada·drugs·events·olympic games·Seoul·South Korea
Whistler Downhill Ski Course
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Skiing-Alpine
When I first posted this video in 2010, I was in awe of the footage of a world-class downhill skiing course from the view of the skiier. Nowadays with GoPro cameras, it is very common to get the athlete’s view of them performing their sport.
Here is the 1995 Men’s Downhill course on Whistler Mountain.
Tags: alpine skiing·Canada·downhill skiing·skiing·Whistler·winter sports
Great Curling Shot
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Curling
Canadian Jennifer Jones with her best curling shot, to win the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts. It is the last rock on the 10th end, and she needed this very difficult shot to come off to win. You don’t have to know the rules, just their response is enough to tell you that they pulled off something special.
Tags: Canada·Curling·winter sports
Curling 2006 Olympic Final
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Curling
Video of some exceptional curling skill from the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. Some people may joke about this sport, but there is no doubt that a high level of skill is involved at this level, and it can be exciting as any other sport.
Tags: 2006 Winter Olympics·Canada·Curling·Italy·winter olympics·winter sports
Speedy Skeleton Girls
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Skeleton
Clip of skeleton girls from the 2010 Winter Olympics. These girls could be considered crazy, racing down the track at speeds up to 130 km/h (80 mph), with no steering or braking mechanism.
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics·Canada·extreme sports·Skeleton·Vancouver·winter olympics·winter sports
Cool Running Jamaican Bobsled Team
January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Bobsled
Video of the original Jamaican Bobsled team, from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary Canada, that inspired the movie ‘Cool Runnings’ can’t be shown here. This trailer of the movie is much more entertaining anyway. In the movie they show the original footage of when they crashed, but many other parts of the true story have been changed or embellished for the movie.
Tags: 1988 Winter Olympics·Bobsled·Calgary·Canada·Jamaica·winter olympics·winter sports
Canadian Forces Fitness Test
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Testing
This is an instructional video of the Canadian Forces Fitness Test, showing how to properly perform a push-up, sit-up, etc.. It is an example of a vocation specific agility/performance test.
