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Charlie Paddock.
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Californian cannonball.
World's fastest human.
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Winner, 100 metres, Olympic Games,
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- 1920, Antwerp. Time?
- 10.3.
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Jackson Scholz,
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the New York Thunderbolt.
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Runner-up, Olympic Games, 1920.
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Lost by looking right.
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Look, here's the finish. You see?
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Paddock, leaping past him at the tape?
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That glance cost Scholz the race.
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- Scholz's fastest?
- 10.3... 4.
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Eric Liddell. Well, you know all about him.
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Look at them.
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Think them. Breathe them.
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I want their faces leering at you
every time you shut your eyes.
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The Flying Scotsman first.
That bloody well hurt.
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What, Eric Liddell?
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Well, he's no real problem.
:50:07
He's a great runner
but he needs to go further out.
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- He's no 100-metres man
- He could have fooled me!
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Yeah, he's fast.
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But he won't go any faster, not in
the dash, anyway. He's a gut runner.
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He's all heart. Digs deep.
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A short sprint is run on nerves.
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- It's tailor-made for neurotics.
- Thanks very much.
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No, I mean it. You can push guts,
bully them, but you can hone nerves.
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Paddock, Scholz and Eric Liddell.
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Come here a minute, Mr Abrahams.
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Now, do you know
why you lost the other day?
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Because you're overstriding.
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Just a couple of inches. Now...
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These coins represent the strides
in your hundred metres.
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Have you got another two coins,
Mr Abrahams?