Author: David Coleman

Lorimer just turned on a sixpence, kept his head and buried it in the back of the net.

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Brendan Foster, by himself, with 20,000 people.

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I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

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He just can’t believe what’s not happening to him.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

And for those of you watching without television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.

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In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champion’s race.

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In fact that's Swindon's first win of any kind in nine matches.

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The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel.

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This evening is a very different evening from the morning we had this morning.

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And here’s Moses Kiptanui – the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.

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And the line up for the final of the Women’s 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

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Here they come, every color of the rainbow: black, white, brown.

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And he missed the goal by literally a million miles.

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We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind.

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The Republic-of-China – back in the Olympic Games for the first time.

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There’ll be only one winner now – in every sense.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He just can't believe what isn't happening to him.

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Dave Wottle has completely misjudged this race… and here comes Wottle!

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That’s cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing.

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That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator