Eshetu Tura (born January 19, 1950) is a former long-distance runner from Ethiopia who won the bronze medal in 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... The steeplechase was initially a form of horse-racing, but the term is now applied to similar other events as well. ... Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. ...
However, in the Olympic final at Moscow, on 31 July 1980, Malinowski was happy to stay back, as Tanzanian Filbert Bayi, a notorious front runner, and EshetuTura (Ethiopia) went out at pace that was well under world record schedule.
Bayi eventually broke away from Tura, while Malinowski started to close the gap, although he was still 5.3 seconds behind Bayi with 1000m to go.
Malinowski passed Tura just before the water jump on the second last lap (see photo above), and then caught and passed Bayi at the water jump one lap later.
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