El Guerrouj Completes Rare Distance Double
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Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at one Olympics, holding up two fingers in triumph Saturday after outsprinting the world
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Hicham El Guerrouj shocks world record holder Kenenisa Bekele to win the 5,000m.
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In his apartment high in the Atlas Mountains, Hicham El Guerrouj has a fading film reel of Paavo Nurmi racing to victory in the 1500m and 5,000m in the Paris Olympics of 1924.
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Athens: The result wasnât totally unexpected, but Hicham el Guerrouj just wouldnât stop crying. It was probably one of the most momentous day of his life.
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Athens: With a strong kick down the stretch and a kiss of the ground once across the finish line, Hicham El Guerrouj finally got what he was after: an Olympic gold medal.
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Craig Mottram knows what he&#39;s got to do to mix it with the likes of Olympic gold medallists Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.
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Haile Gebrselassie, a 34-year-old Ethiopian regarded as perhaps the best distance runner ever, has won 107 races in 55 cities. But he has never raced in New York.
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Throughout the chilly Moroccan winter, one dream burned bright for Hicham El Guerrouj as he trained in the thin air of the Atlas mountains.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.
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Frenchman Serge Girard has completed a 260-day run from Paris to Tokyo, breaking the record for the longest journey without a full day of rest.
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Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at one Olympics, holding up two fingers in triumph Saturday after outsprinting the world record holder down the final straightaway of the 5,000.
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Legendary Manchester United sharpshooter Denis Law has hailed Ruud van Nistelrooyâs record-breaking goalscoring feats. The brilliant Dutchman netted a second-half double in Lyon tonight to salvage his team
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - For the second straight day a Briton captured gold at the Olympic Velodrome. Bradley Wiggins won the men&#39;s individual 4,000-meter pursuit Saturday, one day after teammate
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KUANTAN: Malaysiaâs âscorpion queenâ Nur Malena Hassan has broken the world record after staying in a glass enclosure at the Kuantan Parade here with 6,060 scorpions for 32 days.
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The American runner today became the third man in history to win the world championship sprint double.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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Sport: American takes 200m gold to become third man in history to win world championship sprint double.