Tanzania's Filbert Bayi holds off New Zealand's John Walker to win the Commonwealth Games 1,500m in a world record time at Christchurch 1974 ©Getty Images The meeting had burst into life on the ...

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Esteemed running journalist Amby Burfoot offered this when I asked him to write a quote for the autobiography of Filbert Bayi. “Filbert Bayi raced the way we’d all like to: go out fast, force your ...

Suddenly a television commentary from 48 years ago reverberates around the stadium. "The world record has been taken apart." They are the words of BBC television commentator David Coleman, describing ...

After corresponding for many years, this writer was finally able to catch up with Filbert Bayi of Tanzania. At the 1974 Commonwealth Games, Bayi, known for going out into the lead from the start, used ...

In 1974, the Tanzanian Filbert Bayi won one of the greatest 1500-metre races of all time at the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand. Bayi led from the front and held off a strong field to win gold and ...