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Let Freedom Run ome folks around Emory though of the Martin Luther King SGames as an event dreamed up by an athletic department three years before to showcase the new track facility in an Olympic year. They had served that purpose: they had, more importantly, been among the premier track and field meets in America for some seventeen years. The year 1968 was not only that in which Martin King was murdered, it also marked the politicization of the black athlete. Berkeley sociologist Harry Edwards advocated a boycott of the Mexico City Olympics by black athletes, to draw attention to their exploitation by Americas educational and economic sys- tems. They boycott didn't, finally, materialize, but by the time of the Games the thoughts as well as the feats of such world record holders as Tommie Smith, lohn Carlos, and Lee Evans, were widely known. All three won medals Cthree gold, one bronze, in totali, as Smith and Carlos achieved intemational notoriety - and expulsion from future Olympic Games - by raising black-gloved fists and bowing their heads on the vic- tory stand during the playing of The Star Spangled Banner. Thus did the social conscience and tactics of Martin King reach the sports world on the heels of his death. The signifi- gance of this connection was not lost on the Southern Christian Leadershihp Conference, which asked Bert Lancaster of the Philadelphia Pioneers track club to organize a world-class invitational track meet in King's name. The first Martin Luther King, lr. International Freedom Games took place in spring of 1969 at Villanova Stadium near Philadelphia and were an immediate success. By the third King Games in '71, world wide attention was riveted on the so-called Miracle Mile between comebacking world record lim Ryun and Villanova Favorite Marty Liquori, who had become the world's top- ranked miler during Ryun's 19-month layoff. Liquori stunned the crowd, and Ryun, with a searing 56- second third lap, which took some of the string from Ryun's feared finish. Off the last turn, Ryun pulled up to Liquori's 4. The number eight in lone 8, taking eighth ploce proved to be lucky for Terri Mor- with Kathi Horrison from Louisi- rison of Georgie Stote os she ono Stote trock club behind her stoned out on the 800 meter run in ninth. T 1 l V , FTW 19.2 'f 1 1 4. i ti urs. 93 .r-ESS ss fs . 7 2? tv it 1, , 12.3 Q55 QA . ss 51 if ... 4 fl 5' ET- 1-1 5277? ,Z 4- it 1 t l te-Qt M, yfvfgm Effiiii If fpii ww! qw ,532 tier' iii? af. .4 1 it A1-fi F3365 wow ut, 'rf E51 tzsps . ffl g, wi F35 f. K2- ' ' 5- .52 -41 Q K '-4: 35' 1 .:..,5f Zif- fi Q2 1 ,is ' fi . ' -if f . 3 j i . My 1 1 AA: i 'lil i 1 shoulder, but no further - Liquori winning by three tenths of a second, 3:54.1 to 3254.4 The next year Liquori faced a similar challenge from Kenya's Olympic champion Kip Keino at 1500 meters, and again he won, this time making the cover of Sports Illustrated. Time, however, has not been kind to major American track meets: the loss of athletes and fans to professional sports drove many traditional, long-standing meets into oblivion during the seventies, and the still- youthful King Games were threatened. Unwilling to let the living me- morial die, organizers moved the meet to Durham, North Carolina in 1973, where they attracted 30,000 spectators. ln 1974 the meet traveled to Oslo, Norway, to coincide with the tenth anniversary of King's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. There, Rick Wohlhuter set a world record for 1000 meters f2:13,0l that stood for ten years, and Dick Buerkle Know an Atlanta residenti, set a meet record for 5000 meters C 13:24.41 that still stands. The 1975 Games in Kingston, lamaica again made the Sports Illustrated cover as Tanzanian Filbert Bayis 3:51.0 mile beat Liquori and ended Ryun's nineryear hold on the world record. The next two years saw the Games come to Atlanta, King's home town, for the first time, At Lakewood Stadium in '76 Steve Williams - then dubbed the Worlds Fastest Human - turned in the fasted one- day 100 and 200 meter double in history C99 and 20.01. The meet then endured a one-year hiatus before returning to Philadelphia in '79. Yet it was clear, by now that the King Games needed a home. Brooks lohnson, a former world-class sprinter and new head coach at Stanford, took up the challenge. Beginning in 1980 the Games became a four-day festival, including a road race, age group events, and a decathlon. But the effort took its toll: by 1983 Stanford had spent 5100000 on the King Games and could no longer afford them. What was needed was an organization that could put on a high-quality meet within an affordable budget. The Atlanta Track Club had the organization and Emory University had the track. The ATC had gained a national reputation for its superb handling of the Peachtree Road Race, the world's largest 10-kilometer race. And Emory, as part of the new Mr. Georges Gym, had installed an eightflane Rekortan track that was among the fastest anywhere. Together, they showed that quality needn't by costly. Top athletes, none receiving appearance fees, came to the 1984 King Games seeking good early-season, Olympic-year competition on a fast track. With mayor Andrew Young and SCLC president loseph Lowery attending, the meet produced some of the country's top performances, led by the 100 meter victory of '76 Olympic gold medalist C4 x 100 relay? Harvey Glance over at Atlanta's Sam Graddy - who would later win Olympic silver C1001 and gold K4 x 1001 himself. Other top marks came from Chandra Cheeseborough in the 400 C51 .5ll, Chris Gregorek in the womens 800 t2:02.07D, and Bruce Bickford in the 3000 steeplechase t8:30.431. ln 1985 a few athletes asked for appearance money, thinking it would be there if they asked. lt wasn't and neither were they. But King Games quality prevailed: Abdi Bile Abdi of Somalia, an Olympic semifinalist. broke Liquori's meet record for 1500 t3:42,24i5 Olympic high hurdles champion Roger Kingdom of Vienna, Georgia, defended his title in 13.321 Cheeseborough moved down to 200 meters and set a meet record C23. 1315 and in the showcased high jump, new American record holder lim Howard defeated the old recordman, Dwight Stones C7-25. Finally, in 1986, King Games spirit was reflected in youth and age. Young Lorenzo Daniels of Wren, Georgia tore apart a quality 200 meter field, his 20.17 one of the fastest times ever. And at the meets conclu- sion, unseen by all but a few, Venezuela's broke his own six-year old meet record in the triple jump, on the final performance of the day, by a quarter ince C54-Vai. These performances portrayed a blend of talent and commitment that is a King Games trademark. Without them there would be no Martin Luther King Games, no living athletic memorial to the most significant lite of this generation. ln Atlanta on Emory's track, the Freedom Games have - as Andrew Young and loseph Lowery observed - come home. .By folin Barbour I J C MLK emvirs 13 Tj
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