Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohu a Fanelli mo te marathon i te United States Olympic Trials i Buffalo, New York i tu i te Mei 24, 1980. I te mau i te koti e kii ana "Ko te huarahi ki Moscow ka mutu i konei" hei whakahe ki te aukati a Amerika i nga Orimipia Raumati, ka peke atu ia ki mua i te timatanga, a, 11 maero te roa o tana ara i runga i te puranga ki te 150 maero. I whiti a Fanelli i te haurua o te huarahi i te 1:04:39, engari i tiimata te puhoi i muri i tana hamama, "he pupuhi i runga i taku waewae maui!" I pupuri ia i te arahi mo te 15 maero i mua i te heke ki muri ka mutu i te 22 o nga wahi (2:16:49). I kii a Fanelli i whakatakoto ia i te tere tere kia pai ake ai nga wa o nga Amerikana e toru, ko Tony Sandoval, ko Benji Durden, ko Kyle Heffner i rere i raro i te 2:11:00 i taua whakataetae, he pai ake i te toa o te Olympics, ko Waldemar Cierpinski o Tiamana ki te Rawhiti
I rere te 2:11:03 i Moscow.