Elijah Manangoi, photo by PhotoRun.net
MONACO (MON): Kenya’s world 1500m Elijah Manangoi has Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1998 world record of 3:26.00 in his sights, as he explained. “The 1500m is a very difficult race, but I believe the world record is very possible, although it will take a lot of concentration and sacrifice,” he said.
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Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: dave@trackandfieldhunter.com
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