At the 1992 world junior championships in Seoul, South Korea, Gebrselassie stepped in front of Josphat Machuka during a sprint to the finish of the 10,000 meters and Machuka punched him in the back of the head. On that day, too, Gebrselassie was the winner.
wish we'd see more of that in US T&F, our runners run like privileged primadonnas
Hitting people as they pass you is acting LESS like a spoiled prima donna?
Oh yeah, I’d love to see more of this for entertainment. Everyone in the race should get ONE free punch that they can choose when to strategically employ!
At the 1992 world junior championships in Seoul, South Korea, Gebrselassie stepped in front of Josphat Machuka during a sprint to the finish of the 10,000 meters and Machuka punched him in the back of the head. On that day, too, Gebrselassie was the winner.
He’d be forgotten if not for this punch, though he would have the silver medal he earned but then threw away by punching Geb, since he got disqualified for this. He never won a major outdoor medal while Geb went on to be one of the best ever.
At the 1992 world junior championships in Seoul, South Korea, Gebrselassie stepped in front of Josphat Machuka during a sprint to the finish of the 10,000 meters and Machuka punched him in the back of the head. On that day, too, Gebrselassie was the winner.
Actually kind of shocking - you rarely see this kind of behaviour in track and field. Am glad that HG was OK. Bet he couldn't believe it! What a shocking thing to do.