New Delhi, April 15 -- "They are approaching 28km and (Waldemar) Cierpinski, the East German, is tucked right in there with Frank Shorter, (Shivnath) Singh is closing up again as well.," the animated voice from an old video of the 1976 Montreal Olympics marathon crackles. Spectators line both sides of the streets, cheering and holding umbrellas as rain pelts down. Wearing a blue jersey, the short-statured Shivnath can be seen pushing hard in third place, with 14km to go. Before Montreal, Shivnath had established himself on the Asian circuit, winning two medals at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran (10,000m and 5,000m); however, the marathon was new to him. An Indian grinding it out with the world's best and keeping pace in the toughest of races...