The Big Four
The term “The Big Four” was first used by Bob Babbitt on the cover of the October 1987 issue of Competitor Magazine. I don’t have it unfortunately. By June 1989 Phil Liggett had already forgotten. Check out 13:05.
What’s amazing about the The Big Four is that they all found the sport by accident. In the late-70s and early-80s. But were still racing at a world level in the mid-90s. When federations around the world had organised. Fields were deeper and many athletes were racing full-time.
Was 1988 the end of an era? No. Molina went on to win a Kona. Allen won 6. Tinley and Scott both podiumed in Hawaii again. Allen won Avignon.
But I really only did this post to highlight the running kits.
Beautiful stuff.
