BERLIN (AP) Haile Gebrselassie broke his own marathon world record on Sunday, becoming the first runner to finish under 2 hours, 4 minutes. The Ethiopian clocked 2:03:59 to win his third straight Berlin Marathon, beating the mark of 2:04:26 he set last ye read more
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This performance is truly once of the most outstanding athletic achievements in history. Few high school mile/1500 meter athletes can run a mile at the pace for which he ran the entire 26 plus miles. He should have run this event at the Beijing Olympics rather than the 10K. Joseph Hilbe, PhD Chair, International Statistical Institute (ISI) Sports Statistics Committee
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