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“The disappointment of defeat.” was penned precisely on 8 December, 2004 10:52 PM, which happened to be a Wednesday. but you know what? dullneon.com's random notes has now moved to a new location.
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The disappointment of defeat.
Mack Robinson (older brother of Jackie) broke the 200 metres world record at the 1936 Olympics, but still came in second to Jesse Owens. In the 2001/2002 German football season, Bayer Leverkusen came in as runners-up in the league, in the domestic cup tournament and in the Champions League — all they got for their troubles was the unflattering tag of “Nearly Men”and promptly forgotten. And not many people would remember serial record-breaker Sergey Bubka’s rivals, who fell by the wayside as Sergey (rightfully) earned all the glory. Someone once said the distance between 1st place and 2nd is always a hundred miles and I can tell you it’s a hundred miles made of disappointment and frustration.
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