Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Fanelli wuxuu u qalmay orodka dheer ee tartanka Olombikada Mareykanka ee Buffalo, New York oo la qabtay May 24, 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 waxa uu sheegey in uu dhigay xawaare aad u sareeya si seddexda isreebreebka ah ee Maraykanka ah, Tony Sandoval, Benji Durden, iyo Kyle Heffner oo ku orday 2:11:00 tartankaas, dhamaantood waxay leeyihiin waqtiyo ka fiican kan ugu dambeeya ee horyaalka Olombikada, Waldemar Cierpinski oo ka socda Bariga Jarmalka
Waqtigaas oo ah 2:11:03 daqiiqo ayuu Moscow ku yaalay.