In the 1976 Montreal Olympics Anders Gärderud broke the world steeple record winning in 8.08. A time that stood as a Swedish national record for 31 years but broken yesterday in Heusden by Mustafa Mohamed in 8.05 - Mohamed, of Somalian origin, broke his own PR by 9 seconds.
The new record is widely mentioned in Sweden since many thought Gärderud´s time was almost unbreakable
Oh!! That's good!!! :)
Yes, however, the old record still stands as the fastest by a Swedish born runner.
Depending on who you talk to, "free agent" records do not necessarily count. I know that since he is a official citizen it counts legally, but morally it may or may not depending on who you speak to.
Somehow I think the OP is aware of this. Just a hunch.
wjw0006 wrote:
Yes, however, the old record still stands as the fastest by a Swedish born runner.
Depending on who you talk to, "free agent" records do not necessarily count. I know that since he is a official citizen it counts legally, but morally it may or may not depending on who you speak to.
Well he's as swedish as Mo Farah is british and Meb is american. He came to Sweden in the early 90s and started his running there also. Being born in the country you represent is just a formality, nobody cares.
It's a big diffrence between that and Lagat, Ramzi and Shaheen.
He had this "DUEL" with Milanouski. One would lower the world record and then the other would respond. That went on for like 5 years. They were incredable! The world record when this duel started was somewhere around 8:30. To get it down to 8:08 was mindboggling.
When Henry Rono (who went to Washington State University by the way; all the best people went to WSU) ran 8:05 his record was all the more awesome because of the feats of Garderud.
warmar wrote:
In the 1976 Montreal Olympics Anders Gärderud broke the world steeple record winning in 8.08. A time that stood as a Swedish national record for 31 years but broken yesterday in Heusden by Mustafa Mohamed in 8.05 - Mohamed, of Somalian origin, broke his own PR by 9 seconds.
The new record is widely mentioned in Sweden since many thought Gärderud´s time was almost unbreakable
Mohamed also became the second fastest European all-time, less than a second behind the AR!