SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – The questions regarding the miraculous time of the 30-year-old marathon runner in Chicago do not diminish. The explanations dare to break a taboo.
By Christian Brüngger (Tribune de Genève)
Peter Herzog's name has lately been mentioned more often than he would have liked. The fact that he was the fastest marathon runner Austria has ever known, with his time of 2:10:06, was not the point. What was, Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich crossed the finish line in 2:09:56 in Chicago about three weeks ago.
She thus shattered the women's world record, which was already considered eternal, of 1' 57''. The fact that the 30-year-old is faster than established professionals like Peter Herzog has broken a taboo in the world of running.
Amby Burfoot, winner of the legendary 1968 Boston Marathon and longtime editor of the running bible “Runner's World,” expressed this taboo. “Why it's hard to trust Ruth Chepngetich's world record,” was the headline in an opinion article. All the experts were…
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