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African running
Haile Gebrselassie: 2nd fastest time ever
The Standard Chartered Marathon in Dubai offered the richest payday in the history of the sport – $250,000 for the win and a bonus of $1 million dollars for breaking a 4-month old world record. And Haile Gebrselassie had his eye on both prizes as he lined up for his first marathon since claiming the […]
Marathon World Record – 2:04.26 to Haile Gebrselassie!
If there was any doubt remaining, Haile Gebrselassie confirmed that he is indeed the greatest current distance runner, probably the greatest in history, by breaking the 4 year old marathon world record in Berlin! His time? 2:04.26, which eclipses the old record of his rival Paul Tergat (2:04.55) by 29 seconds. Some notable splits from […]
Athletics news and reports – Brussels preview
Well, it’s been a quiet period for athletics, since our almost daily analysis of the IAAF World Champs in Osaka. Last week saw the Zurich Weltklasse, which is usually one of THE great single night athletic meetings. But this year it was afflicted by its close proximity to the World Champs, and a lot of […]
African dominance in sprinting?
Here at The Science of Sport, we don’t shy away from controversial topics (within reason!) and are always on the lookout for interesting, substantiated, and discussion-provoking articles, provided there’s basis for them. In the past, we featured a post on African running, but only scratched the surface behind why the East Africans dominate middle and […]
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