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This day in the field of athletics – October 7
1886— Wilson Kudon set a pre-AAU American record with a hammer throw of 99-1 (30.20) in Wilmington, Delaware.
Cowdon, a two-time US champion (1883,1886), later became a successful businessman and newspaper publisher/writer in Maryland.
http://www.cecildaily.com/our_cecil/article_0b46ccfb-f718-565a-8fe1-b5b69fa37b31.html
1887– Billie Page set a world record of 6-4 (1.93) before the IAAF in the individual exhibition in Philadelphia. It was also his 10thth (and last) American record. Penn Grad Page was a 3-time IC4A and US Champion (1885-1887)
Page Clearance 6-4, apparently using the long jump pit as a landing spot.
1928– Paavo Nurmi sets 10 mile (50:15) and 1 hour (19,210m) world records in Berlin.
1950— Lloyd LaBeach, “The Jamaican Flash,” ran the first ever 10.1-100 in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but there was no wind gauge on hand and the mark was never submitted for record validation.
LaBeach was a bronze medalist in the 100 and 200 at the 1948 Olympics while competing for her family’s adopted country of Panama. It was the first Olympic medals won by a Panamanian athlete, and he was given a hero’s welcome when he returned home.
He spent one full year at Wisconsin where he finished 6th in the long jump and 2nd in the 100 and 220 at the 1946 NCAA Championships. He then transferred to UCLA, where he was coached by Hall of Famer Alvin “Ducky” Drake. LaBeach was ranked 100th and 200th in the world by Track and Field News in 1950.
Wisconsin Biography: http://www.uwbadgers.com/genrel/022811aac.html
UCLA:: http://thesilverpeopleheritage.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/lloyd-labeach-and-life-at-ucla/
A forgotten hero.: http://epiac1216.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/an-olympic-athlete-history-armost-forgot/
1988— Just 6 days after completing a grueling stint at the Seoul Olympics, where she won 3 golds and a silver, Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.91) ran the final race of her career, winning the 100m on a cool and rainy day. at the Tokyo International Exhibition. She was followed by Evelyn Ashford (11.14) and East Germany’s Marlize Goer (11.30), who also retired on the day.
2001– Kenya’s Catherine (The Big One) Ndereba ran 2:18:47 in Chicago to set a world record in the women’s marathon.
He was a 2-time world champion (2003, 2007) and a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2004, 2008) in the marathon.
Retirement. http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/marathon-great-catherine-ndereba-retires
WR Progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
Gary Cohen Interview (2010) Past winners
2001— Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe set a world record of 1:03:26 for the 20k en route to winning the World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol, England (1:06:47).
Haile Gebrselassie (1:00:03) beat Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Djifar (1:00:04) to win the men’s race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_IAAF_World_Half_Marathon_Championships
Features:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh5iioqzOEg
2018-Despite running nearly 3 minutes faster (2:06:21) than when he won the race in 2017, Galen Rupp finished 5th in this year’s Chicago Marathon, a race won by Great Britain’s Mo Farah (2:05 ). :11), his former coaching partner.
Chicago Tribune coverage Runner’s World (2017 race)
2020— Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei ran 26:11.00 in Valencia, Spain to break the 15-year-old world record of 26:17.53 set by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele in 2005. :37.35) when he ran 12:35.36 in Monaco in August.
A 2:th The world record was set by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who won the women’s 5000 in 14:06.62, beating the WR (14:11.15) set by Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008.
Video – Two races: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voCiHeGseZI
