marathon, but was so slow that by the time he reached
the stadium it was locked and everyone had left.
(At least he finished)
To fight the heat in the 1950 Tour de France, Abd-El Kader
Zaag drank a bottle of wine and promptly fell off his bike.
After sleeping it off by the side of the road, he got back
on and rode off - in the wrong direction.
(I don't think he was aware of the effects of the nectar of the vine)
Russian athlete Ivanon Vyacheslav was so excited to win
a medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics that he threw the
medal high into the air in jubilation. Unfortunately it
landed in Lake Wendouree where, despite a frantic search,
it remains to this day.
(Oh, the agony!!!)
Preparing for a bout at the 1992 New York Golden Gloves
Championships, boxer Daniel Caruso psyched himself up by
pounding his gloves into his face. In doing so, he broke
his nose and was declared unfit to box.
(Boxers are not the brightest bulbs for the most part, or they would not be boxers)
After beating 1,000 rivals in a 500-mile race, Percy the
racing pigeon flopped down exhausted in his Sheffield loft
and was promptly eaten by a cat.
(Yum!! Pooped Out Pigeon! No waste!!!
).