Yiannis Kouros goes home devastated at 48-Hour World Championships

Where's Yiannes going home from? Still running 48hr races at 69 year of age is he?

Yiannis set that world record running with multiple broken ribs btw.

My first thought on seeing this thread title was "WTF? That guy is still racing?"

Not true. That was during his 6-day and apparently they were just bruised. Bonne is going to send him home devastated.

About 5 hours 20 left.

438k done, 35k to go. A lot can happen in that time.

No, 3 broken ribs while setting the 48hr world record.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/05/a-former-crew-member-of-ultramarathon-legend-yiannis-kouros-shares-some-stories/

Bonne holds the record for the world's longest non-stop ocean swim in Greece for 131 km.

Bonne also held the World Record of running 1.046 km in 6 Days for track running until it was broken earlier this year.

"the world's longest non-stop ocean swim in Greece" eh? No need to invoke the "world" in that achievement.

Looks like he got Yannis Kouros 29 year old 48 hour record of 473k.

484,86831k (and maybe a little more)

Yiannis Kouros is incapable of devastation.

Absolutely devastating performance by Bonne. That's averaging 9:36 per mile for the full duration after coming through 20 hours at 8:03 pace and 24 hours at 8:27 pace. Can you imagine running for another 24 hours after doing 24 hours at 8:27 pace?

The fact that Kouros still holds the record in the present era of super shoes is ridiculous.

This is like saying Roger Bannister goes home devastated every time someone runs sub 4.

Yannis Kouros is incapable of being devastated.

Bonne is an exceptional athlete, though maybe not a better runner than Kouros.

He took very little rest, that is his strength.

Bekele is watching this and saying, "someone hold my bear"

Doesn't count if he is using spring carbon shoes..

Given all of the artificial enhancements athletes have available to them today, and the increased commercialisation of the sport, it's amazing that any of Kouros' records are still standing.

The guy was an absolute freak talent who certainly doesn't get the respect he deserves.