arguingforever wrote:
George213 wrote:
I can't tell if you guys are serious. Bekele have bettered all the marks of Haile, got double Golds in 2008 which Haile has never done. Even in his weakest event, the marathon, he ran the third fastest one a couple of years ago. Don't even get me started on the XC. And you're saying he's less accomplished than Haile?
I have immense respect for Haile, and I agree he has more charisma than Bekele, but no, he's not better than Bekele.
But Haile set the world records more dramatically and set many more of them, in his favor.
I get your point. Haile did bring the WR down more dramatically, but that might be because the record wasn't strong enough back then. Even without Haile, I believe Terget and Komen could still have gotten the record to 12:40s and 26:30s.