by parduz
Sphere wrote:
parduz wrote:
I was 10 years old, and i still remember my wonder seeing than tiny man running su fast.
Is he gone, Fabio? It's hard to see our childhood heroes pass.
Yes, at 61. I guess by cancer, as the newspaper did'nt say the cause.
The fact is that i'm not really a sport fan, so I was "just" impressed by him but not really followin him.
But "running fast as Mennea" was a common way to say in my childhood, and as a grown man i learnt to admire his moral rectitude and his (perhaps excessive) stubborness (said in a good meaning).
I see a lot of ex-athlete loose the way. His live, as an athlete and as a "old man" is shining by his own modesty.