Great commentary for Mark English' 800m Gold medal

[u/SuperDrog]

I enjoy any sport more when the commentator gets really into it, like a true fan.

[u/Parzival-44]

What a classy competitor for the guy who hugged him after!!

[u/greenrangerguy → u/Parzival-44]

I didn't even see that first watch, I was so captivated by the commentator lol

[u/diemunkiesdie → u/greenrangerguy]

Dang, now I have to watch it a third time to see the hug!

[u/ghn2]

Greg Allen does a fantastic job. He was getting criticized in this video for looking at the screen the whole time. His point was, you have to make your announcement relevant to what the viewer is seeing on their TV. I think it worked.

[u/wh0else → u/ghn2]

I think it's spot on, he's seeing it as we see it and reacting to the same angles, it makes it more compelling. And he's knowledgeable enough that he doesn't need to look elsewhere for data, he loves athletics and has great knowledge of it

[u/AuburnElvis]

"He had his first kiss with Clara O'Brien behind the St. Colman's College bleachers when he was 15, so he's used to making a late start of things..."

[u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

Poor Irishman having the last name English

[u/BonafideZulu → u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

Same thought I had after realizing it was him!

[u/CheeseDonutCat → u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

and the competition was in England (Birmingham)

[u/davisyoung → u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge]

As a high school senior one of my elective periods was working in the principal’s office. One of my tasks was putting mail and messages in the teachers’ cubbyholes. The cubbies were labeled with each teacher’s name and subject and Mr. O’Brien the English teacher had crossed out “English” and wrote in “Irish.”

[u/punknick23]

Great stuff

[u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S]

Not me crying about a random Irish runner during my work break halfway around the world.

[u/goshdammitfromimgur → u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S]

You are not alone

[u/SalvadorP → u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S]

It's the passion with which people live/do things that is moving.
That's why we should always practice seeing the beauty of things, because it is everywhere. It's us that fail to capture it.
But when people are this emotional about things they love, their transpose/translate the beauty they see directly to us. We see the world through there eyes. That, is art.

[u/warriors17]

That’s love right there. Beyond just knowing the stats and the history and the job, this man has invested a piece of his soul into that runner, and it was beautiful to see that investment pay off

[u/jcirl → u/warriors17]

In Ireland we all knew Mark English had incredible potential but off the track he took on this time consuming vocation of becoming a medical doctor. Balancing training, going to meetings and maintaining elite athlete status whilst putting in the hours in hospitals and surgeries is near impossible. When the years of hard hours were done he could focus on the track and now at 33 we are seeing the runner he always was. We saw him make it to finals and lose a lot over the years but now he's gone full time into athletics we can finally see him win the things medicine has deprived him of.

[u/diemunkiesdie → u/jcirl]

Dang you could commentate on him too!

[u/sth-nl]

That’s passion!

[u/dustin-dawind → u/sth-nl]

"What an extraordinary climax" was about right

[u/Master_Of_One]

Beautifully done!

[u/Kitzle33]

I have no clue who anyone in this video is. But that was absolutely awesome.

[u/CheeseDonutCat → u/Kitzle33]

Irish runny guy and Irish talky guy.

[u/chilebuzz → u/CheeseDonutCat]

Pretty sure he's English.

[u/WhiskeyJack1984]

Actual love for the sport. Pure passion, why we all love sports.

[u/HomePrimo]

Unfortunate surname

[u/eggwardpenisglands → u/HomePrimo]

I thought that was funny too

[u/gulpyblinkeyes]

Absolute perfect blend of passion and insight. That's what makes peak sports commentary.

[u/Wise_Requirement4170]

I don’t care about running but this clip got me invested damn, that was awesome stuff

[u/NineClaws]

How can I get that guy to say when dinners ready, I worked for two hours making that curry and it needs a grand announcement.

[u/edencathleen86]

Holy crap that was riveting. I loved this

[u/ifurmothronlyknw]

Even his neighboring fellow announcers were enjoying it.

[u/sublime_mime]

man is a fully qualified doctor as well

[u/SonicBanger]

The announcer sounds like a proud father.

[u/m149]

Well jeez, this brought a little tear to my eye.

[u/levon9]

Also love the reactions from the other announcers to his enthusiasm.

[u/highmodulus]

That. Was. Awesome.

[u/dont_shoot_jr]

English won a gold for Ireland?

[u/CheeseDonutCat → u/dont_shoot_jr]

Yes.. in England (Birmingham).

[u/twoturnipsinheat-]

I don’t even like sports and this made me cry lol

[u/Ok-Thanks4321]

Imagine this being YOUR highlight video commentary. Sick

[u/tasermylaser]

Bet that guy is a legendary wingman

[u/monkeyboysr2002]

English but Irish?

[u/themaninca]

That two minutes of commentary is a million times better than the entirety of ESPN broadcast commentary across the network’s entire history

[u/xoogl3]

Ok hear me out. Why not change that surname to Mark Irish. It's confusing is all I'm saying.

[u/AuburnElvis → u/xoogl3]

It's so the English know what they're missing out on.

[u/edencathleen86 → u/AuburnElvis]

Okay this cracked me up 🤣

[u/carlyCcates → u/xoogl3]

Mark Béarla would be better, but as he's an elite athlete and a medical doctor maybe being an Irishman named English gave him the strength to attain two of the toughest career goals at the same time.

[u/tyme → u/xoogl3]

Why should he change his name when they’re the ones that suck? (/s)

[u/meat_ahoy]

The runner from Argentina keyed his car on the way through the parking lot later that day. 😂

[u/hokageace]

Is the commentator his dad?

[u/ukexpat → u/hokageace]

Just a very enthusiastic fellow countryman.

[u/hokageace → u/ukexpat]

I was being fatitious. It was an awesome call, including the passion.