Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Fanelli ruru eru ịgba ọsọ marathon n'asọmpi Olimpik United States na Buffalo, New York, nke e mere na May 24, 1980. N'iji uwe elu nke na-agụ "The Road to Moscow Ends Here" iji mee ngagharị iwe megide mmachibido iwu ndị America nke Egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Ezumike, ọ gbagoro n'ihu na mbido ma site na kilomita 11 agbatịwo ụzọ ya n'elu mkpọ ahụ ruo 150 yards. Fanelli gafere ọkara ụzọ na 1:04:39, mana malitere ibelata mgbe ọ na-eti mkpu, "ọnyá na ụkwụ aka ekpe m!" Ọ nọgidere na-edu ndú ruo kilomita iri na ise tupu ọ daa azụ ma mechaa n'ọnọdụ 22 (2: 16:49). Fanelli kwuru na ya mere ọsọ ọsọ nke mere na ndị Amerịka atọ ahụ gbara ọsọ n'asọmpi ahụ, Tony Sandoval, Benji Durden, na Kyle Heffner ndị gbara ọsọ n'okpuru 2:11:00 n'ọsọ ahụ, ga-enwe oge ka mma karịa onye ga-emecha bụrụ onye mmeri Olimpik, Waldemar Cierpinski nke East Germany onye
a gbara ọsọ 2:11:03 na Moscow.