Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Fanelli akakwanisa kumhanya marathon paUnited States Olympic Trials muBuffalo, New York yakaitwa pana May 24, 1980. Akapfeka hembe yaiva nemashoko okuti "Mugwagwa Unoenda kuMoscow Unoguma Pano" kuti apikisane nokurambidzwa kwemitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha neAmerica, akasvetukira mberi pakutanga uye nokumhanya kwemakiromita 11 akanga awedzera kutungamirira kwake kupfuura boka racho kusvika kumamita 150. Fanelli akayambuka pakati penzira muna 1:04:39, asi akavamba kunonoka pashure pokudanidzira, "blister patsoka yangu yokuruboshwe!" Akachengeta kutungamirira kwemakiromita 15 asati adonha shure uye akapedza ari panzvimbo yechi22 (2:16:49). Fanelli akataura kuti akaisa mwero wokukurumidza zvokuti vatatu vokuAmerica vakakwanirisa, Tony Sandoval, Benji Durden, naKyle Heffner avo vakamhanyira pasi pe 2:11:00 munhangemutange iyoyo, vose vaizova nenguva dziri nani kupfuura shasha yokupedzisira yeOlympic, Waldemar Cierpinski weEast Germany uyo
2:11:03 yakamhanya muMoscow.