With El G now with three T&FN AOY's, he equals Carl Lewis for the most ever for men.
I guess now we should consider him among the greatest athletes ever??? I am not sure he would even be in my top ten. Cory Beard > -----Original Message----- > From: ghill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:19 PM > To: track list > Subject: t-and-f: T&FN names AOYs > > > RADCLIFFE & EL GUERROUJ NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEAR > > Mountain View, California--Track & Field News has named Paula > Radcliffe of Great Britain and Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco > as its 2002 Athletes Of The Year in its December edition. > > T&FN's international panel of experts made marathon World > Record setter Radcliffe, 28, an almost unanimous choice for > No. 1, according her the top spot on 32 of the 35 ballots. > The other votes for No. 1 went to Marion Jones > (2) and Ana Guevara (1). > > In becoming just the second ever to be named men's AOY three > times (Carl Lewis did it in 198284), mile star El Guerrouj > had a very tough battle. Indeed, voting runner-up Khalid > Khannouchi actually got more 1st-place votes, 17-16. But the > marathoner World Record setter had less support across the > board, so El Guerrouj, 28, was able to defend his status as > No. 1. Hurdler Felix Sánchez (4) and sprinter Tim Montgomery > (1) also got 1st-place votes. > > Men's Voting Leaders: > 1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco--1500m) 344 > 2. Khalid Khannouchi (US--marathon) 319 > 3. Felix Sánchez (Dominican Republic--400 hurdles) 303 > 4. Róbert Fazekas (Hungary--discus) 245 > 5. Adam Nelson (US--shot put) 188 > 6. Tim Montgomery (US--100m) 157 > 7. Sergey Makarov (Russia--javelin) 145 > 8. Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic--decathlon) 120 > 9. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark--800m) 90 > 10. Francisco Fernández (Spain--20K walk) 63 > > Women's Voting Leaders: > 1. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain--distances) 344 > 2. Marion Jones (US--sprints) 305 > 3. Ana Guevara (Mexico--400m) 265 > 4. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia--pole vault) 189 > 5. Tatyana Kotova (Russia--long jump) 172 > 6. Gail Devers (US--100 hurdles) 161 > 7. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden--high jump) 149 > 8. Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey--1500m) 144 > 9. Maria Mutola (Mozambique--800m) 65 > 10. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia--400 hurdles) 40 > > >
