Wu Ming
Guppy wrote:
I think even Geb DNFed half a dozen or more times before he ran his marathon WR. Today's performance form Kenny B means nothing.
Here is Gebrselassie's progression up to his lifetime best (not including the 2:40-something he is understood to have run as a teenager):
2002
2:06:35 (London, 3rd)
2005
2:06:20 (Amsterdam, 1st)
2006
2:09:05 (London, 9th)
2:05:56 (Berlin, 1st)
2:06:52 (Fukuoka, 1st)
2007
DNF (London)
2:04:26 (Berlin, WR)
2008
2:04:53 (Dubai, 1st)
2:03:59 (Berlin, WR)