To: Altura Ct.
It is true that Kenyans and Ethiopians dominate. Marathon world record is 2:03:02 by a Kenyan. However, American Ryan Hall has a personal best of 2:04:08...not too shabby. And don’t forget Frank Shorter who won Olympic gold in 1972.
11 posted on
08/14/2012 2:56:01 PM PDT by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Drawsing
And the Soviet Valery Borzov won the 100 and 200 meters in 72, beating out Jamaican and black American competitors.
12 posted on
08/14/2012 2:57:29 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Drawsing
And dont forget Frank Shorter who won Olympic gold in 1972.
And who got screwed out of a Gold in '76 by 51 seconds.
The "winner" was East German, Waldemar Cierpinski, who it was later proven had been doping (as if we didn't know).
16 posted on
08/14/2012 3:04:49 PM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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