>Who will go down in history as the better? What a shame Olympic gold
>eluded
>them both, the lack of which will keep either from being recognized as the
>greatest miler of all.
Well, it's a little soon to say that a gold medal has eluded, or will elude,
El G altogether. He is young enough to
Hicham El Guerrouj and Jim Ryun.
Both men tripped and fell in an Olympics they might have won.
Both men defeated by a Kenyan (and possibly poor tactics on their own part)
in an Olympic final.
Both men had similar physiques and appearances. Both religious.
Both men breakers of multiple world reco
