I have a wild another of my wild theories: Could it possibly be that 2:44:75 did him in?
malmo >Maybe it comes from being 4 years older, but El Guerrouj certainly doesn't >seem to have the finishing kick now that he did in 1998. Not that the last >300 in Rieti was exactly slow, but compare it to his world record: > >Rome '98: 2:46.34 @ 1200m + 39.66 last 300m = 3:26.00 >Rieti '02: 2:44.75 @ 1200m + 42.21 last 300m = 3:26.96 > > >
