The Soviet runner was setting a much faster pace than Chataway had ever run and he suffered an attack of stomach cramp which caused him to slow down and as Pirie and Ibbotson came out of the bend they found that Kuts had opened a gap on them.
The Soviet runner was setting a much faster pace than Chataway had ever run and he suffered an attack of stomach cramp and as Pirie and Ibbotson came out of the bend. Kuts had opened a gap on them the bend. They found this. This attack of stomach cramp caused him to slow down.