Fanelli wuxuu u qalmay orodka dheer ee tartanka Olombikada Mareykanka ee Buffalo, New York ee la qabtay 24-kii Maajo, 1980. Isaga oo xiran shaati ay ku qoran tahay "Jidka Moscow halkan ayuu ku dhamaadaa" si uu uga mudaaharaado mooshinka Mareykanka ee ciyaaraha Olombikada ee xagaaga, wuxuu ku booday safka hore bilowgii wuxuuna ku kordhiyay 11 mayl hogaamintiisa 150 yaard. Fanelli wuxuu ka gudbay barta nuska ah 1:04:39, laakiin wuxuu bilaabay inuu hoos u dhigo ka dib markii uu ku qayliyey, "blister cagahayga bidix!" Wuxuu sii waday hogaanka 15 mayl ka hor inta uusan dib u dhicin oo uu dhammeystirey kaalinta 22aad (2:16:49). Fanelli wuxuu sheegtay in uu dhigay xawaare degdeg ah si seddexda isreebreebka Mareykanka ah, Tony Sandoval, Benji Durden, iyo Kyle Heffner oo ku orday 2:11:00 tartankaas, ay dhammaantood waqtiyo ka fiican ka heli lahaayeen horyaalkii ugu dambeeyay ee Olombikada, Waldemar Cierpinski ee Bariga Jarmalka oo ku orday 2:11:03 Moscow
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