John Wesley Harding wrote:
Pretty wild that the Ovett-Borzakovskiy conspiracy is included so prominently on Borzakovskiy’s Wikipedia page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Borzakovskiy
Anyone can edit wiki.
His mum was with his father at that time and i doubt a factory worker with no money living 25 miles away would be invited to some athletes celebration party.
More likely Seb Coe was the dad anyway He was a dark horse. You can't throw a stone in England without hitting one of his kids.
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Klecker family.
Barney:
50k WR
50mi WR
Grandma's Marathon Win
Janis:
1991 Trials Marathon Champ
2x Twin Cities Winner, 2x San Francisco Marathon Winner
50k WR
Joe:
NCAA XC Runner Up
2020 Olympian 10,000m
Obviously not the greatest ever, but pretty impressive domestic resume and Joe has a long career ahead of him. The rest of the family are also solid runners, but not national class.
From memory here. The Sid Sinks, Bowling Green. Jerry Tarr (Oregon, NCAA hurdles + football) and his daughter, NCAA heptathalon champion.
Luis Grijalva’s girlfriend and her mom were both NCAA 5k champs. That’s very impressive!
ukathleticscoach wrote:
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Pretty wild that the Ovett-Borzakovskiy conspiracy is included so prominently on Borzakovskiy’s Wikipedia page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_BorzakovskiyMore likely Seb Coe was the dad anyway He was a dark horse. You can't throw a stone in England without hitting one of his kids.
Interesting. Please give more infos to this.
Have to go with the Gouchers based on the future predictions of “The year is 2027”
Still don’t know what was in that dresser though…
Shalane Flanagan has a pretty good genes. Both her parents had a nice record.
cherry.picker wrote:
Martin & Kip Keino
And you can add Martins brother Bob Keino. He ran a 3:41 1500m while at Arizona.
corner office wrote:
Easy ... the only father-son pair to win Olympic Gold Medals in the same T&F event-
Steve Ovett and Yuriy Borzakovskiy.
Steve Ovett wins Moscow 800 07/26/80
Yuriy Borzakovskiy born to single Russian mother in outlying village of Moscow in 04/12/81
Yuriy Borzakovskiy wins Athen 800 08/28/2004
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/former-800m-runners-steve-ovett-of-great-britain-and-yuriy-news-photo/1570310?#/jul-2001-former-800m-runners-steve-ovett-of-great-britain-and-yuriy-picture-id1570310
Ok now. Hadn't heard this one before. Love it. They really do look remarkably alike. And why would they have a smiling, studio picture together?? Their strides are similar. The dates line up. One can see why tongues wag about this theory.
What are the credentials of the Miles-Clark family in the 800? Sisters and a daughter all sub2?
fhdnfn wrote:
What are the credentials of the Miles-Clark family in the 800? Sisters and a daughter all sub2?
Joetta's daughter is a 200/400 runner. (22.94/51.14). I don't know if she ever raced 800.
Forgot to post this link.
https://floridagators.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/talitha-diggs/14871
If you're willing to expand the definition of "runner" to include all track and field athletes, then it's probably Michael and Michelle Carter.
Throwers? wrote:
If you're willing to expand the definition of "runner" to include all track and field athletes, then it's probably Michael and Michelle Carter.
Pardon, that's for LetsPut
Borzakovskiy was remarkably good for a long time. Including Indoor and Outdoor World's and Olympics, he won two gold, two silver, and three bronze medals, and had a best of 1:42.47. He should have three gold, because he was beaten only by Ramzi in 2005. Of course, he was competing for Russia, so the odds of being clean were low in that era.
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
corner office wrote:
Easy ... the only father-son pair to win Olympic Gold Medals in the same T&F event-
Steve Ovett and Yuriy Borzakovskiy.
Steve Ovett wins Moscow 800 07/26/80
Yuriy Borzakovskiy born to single Russian mother in outlying village of Moscow in 04/12/81
Yuriy Borzakovskiy wins Athen 800 08/28/2004
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/former-800m-runners-steve-ovett-of-great-britain-and-yuriy-news-photo/1570310?#/jul-2001-former-800m-runners-steve-ovett-of-great-britain-and-yuriy-picture-id1570310Ok now. Hadn't heard this one before. Love it. They really do look remarkably alike. And why would they have a smiling, studio picture together?? Their strides are similar. The dates line up. One can see why tongues wag about this theory.
Why doesn't Letsrun's intrepid journalist actually do the work to find out whether it is true?
Coogans
Jacques Borlee was a European Indoor silver medalist with a PB of 20.95.
His four kids (Olivia, Kevin, Jonathan and Dylan) have done quite well.
Daniel Rudisha (father and 4 x 400 silver medal winner) and David Rudisha (son and 800m world record holder and 2x Olympic champ).
Gary Staines and Linda Keough: both British Olympians and their kid, Thomas Staines is the D2 800m record-holder at 1:45