New Zealand Journalist Gavin Riley looks at the extraordinary growth of young Kiwi
New Zealand has produced an average Olympic giants, which returns to almost 90 years, Jack Lovelock, Peter Snell, Murray Halberg, Joho Walker, Dick Quax, Rod Dixon and Nick Willis.
But no one has shown the amazing talent shown now to Sam Ruth, who has a Honored British connection.
Ruth has improved over the world over 15 years old when he won the New Zealand senior title on Saturday (February 1), 7. In 56.18, his powerful ending, moved him to almost 10 meters.
This electric run came from a week later, when Ringanu ran 4. 01.72 miles away – 3. 55.75 Winner, Double Olympic Sam Tanner to complete the fourth. Ruth’s time was the old age again. The youngest athlete to break the four-minute barrier to break four mins is the great Jakob Johnbigzzz, which has reached 16 years and 250 days. Ruth doesn’t turn 16 until April.
Ruth, who began to compete when he was 13 years old, reached national importance in November last year when he won an event of 3,000 m, 8. At the best age of 09.68, when he darkened in Melbourne opened elder race 8. 06.56.
There is a powerful pedigree that covers its previous “night” success. His maternal grandfather is a great Trevor Wright Wright in the Marathon 2:12:49 in Marathon and has silver in the 1971 European Championships 26.2 miles away.
Ruth’s mother’s mother in the 1970 Cooperation Games became 800 million champions in Edinburgh, Rosemary Stirling, named after her maiden – her personal one. 00.15 was also a long-lasting Scottish record.
Sam Run (Michael Dawson)
Young Right Father Ben is former Zealand champion, respectively, 1. 48.95 and 3. 800 m and 1500m personal funds of 41,22.
And his mother, Jessica, is a winner of many national-titles in distances from 1500 m to 10,000 m. Ben, which now, runs at 4:22 mile, on February 1, where the Sam recorded 3,000 m.
Wright and Right families live in the northern island town in Tairanga, where 4-year-old 3-year-old 3-year-old 3. 49.51 Mlovak Diaton includes 24-year-old 3. 49.51 mallist.
Sam told Tauranga Sun alive newspaper that despite its amazing success, he ran everything about fun. “If I have ever stopped running to run, I would definitely be much worse,” he said.
“After all, I would like to go to the United States and train for the Olympics.”
He currently trains five or six days a week, riding a bicycle and swimming between 40 and 50 kilometers.
“He is a part of the big group of young boys,” the coach Kirkwood told New Zealand. “She is right there, enjoying it, have fun and having fun … they all believe that they can find success and they build each other. It’s hard to be successful when you don’t know what it looks “
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