Watch Eliud Kipchoge beat world record holders Kenenisa Bekele and Hicham El Guerrouj for a stunning 5K world championship way back in 2003. This post is mostly an excuse to feature the incredible ...

ATHENS, Greece — Hicham El Guerrouj knelt and kissed the track that had finally yielded a gold medal. After heartbreaking losses in the previous two Olympics, El Guerrouj won gold in the 1,500 meters ...

ATHENS — Six weeks ago, Hicham El Guerrouj wasn’t thinking about running. He wasn’t thinking about the Olympics. He certainly wasn’t thinking about Paavo Nurmi. He was thinking about breathing. The ...

Despite falling short of his goal of breaking Hicham El Guerrouj’s 3:48.45 by an excruciating 0.01 seconds, Yomif Kejelcha’s mile on Saturday completely lived up to the pre-race hype. Not only did he ...

Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr have the Moroccan’s 26-year-old mark of 3:26.00 in their sights On July 14 in 1998, Hicham El Guerrouj arrived in Rome with the aim of breaking Noureddine ...

Kenya's 1500m runner Elijah Motonei Managoi from Rongai AThletics Club, who will attempt to lower the 1500m record of 26:00 held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj. [PHOTO: COURTESY/STANDARD] “Last time ...

Learn the name. Remember the name. Cherish the name. If that’s too difficult, just go watch him run. You’ll surely remember his name then. As a encore to the fastest mile ever run in the United States ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Reigning champion Asbel Kiprop led a powerful trio of Kenyans into Sunday’s 1,500 meters final at the World Athletics Championships, giving himself the chance of shooting for a ...

Hicham El Guerrouj (born 14 September 1974 in Berkane, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 metres, mile, and 2000 ...

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 12 -- Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj took off on the last lap of the men's 1,500 meters today at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships and no one went with him. El ...