A controversial topic, I know, but I'm interested to hear what others think. The case for:
- Marathon WR holder
- Half-Marathon WR holder
- former 10k WR holder
- double Olympic 10k silver medallist (by a hair)
- double WC 10k silver medallist, along with a bronze
- five-time World XC Champ
3rd man to break 12:50 for 5k, 1st under 26:30 for 10k, 2nd under 2:06 for marathon. NYCM champion. Our sport's greatest humanitarian.
The case against:
- No Olympic gold.
Obviously Tergat is among the sport's immortals. But I wonder if, in a world sans Gebrselassie, we would consider Tergat the GOAT?