Hicham El Guerrouj Of Morocco

Hicham EL GUERROUJ

Squad Morocco

Athletics

Games Participations iii

Commencement Olympic Games Atlanta 1996

Year of Birth 1974

Biography

Hicham El Guerrouj began his domination of the 1,500m in 1995. He won the world championship in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. He fix earth records in the ane,500m and the mile both indoors and outdoors. Over a nine-yr menstruation, El Guerrouj raced in 86 finals at 1,500m and the mile and won 83 of those races. Unfortunately, two of his three losses were in the Olympics. In 1996, with 430m to go, El Guerrouj was positioned just backside the favourite, Noureddine Morceli. El Guerrouj's articulatio genus hit Morceli's heel. Morceli stumbled and El Guerrouj stepped on his heel, lost his balance and crashed to the ground. He finished the race, but ended upwards in last place.

Between the Atlanta Olympics and the Sydney Olympics in 2000, El Guerrouj won 45 of 46 races at 1,500m and a mile. In the Sydney final, he faced his former pacesetter, Noah Ngeny of Kenya. El Guerrouj took the atomic number 82 subsequently 900m and stayed ahead until the homestretch. Ngeny caught upwards with El Guerrouj 50 metres from the terminate and pulled ahead with 25 metres to go, as El Guerrouj had to settle for 2d place. Stunned, only undeterred, El Guerrouj put together another winning streak, this time for 32 finals. But in the pre-Olympic flavor in 2004, he was beaten twice.

In the last at the Athens Games, El Guerrouj was challenged by Kenya'south Bernard Lagat. El Guerrouj took the lead early and really accelerated during the terminal lap. Lagat stayed with him and edged ahead with twoscore metres to get. El Guerrouj regained the crucial centimetres, and the ii ran footstep for stride until El Guerrouj pulled alee just as they reached the finish line. El Guerrouj had finally achieved his goal of winning an Olympic aureate medal… but he was not finished. Four nights after he raced in the final of the v,000m. This time he faced Federal democratic republic of ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, who had already won the 10,000m. Boxed on the final lap, El Guerrouj slipped outside with 200m to go and fix out subsequently Bekele, who had only taken the pb. He caught Bekele 60 metres from the terminate and and so flew by to win his second gilt medal in five days. El Guerrouj was the first runner to reach the 1,500/5,000 double since Paavo Nurmi in 1924.

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