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Count it! Cuz in everyone's mind, we do! We don't care about the technicalities, we care what a human was capable of doing. The crowd was a huge help in getting him there. Nike's course was sterile, this one specifically had crowds to help.


Nobody denies that this is a tremendous achievement, but there are rules to world records which have to apply to everyone, if they apply at all.

I'm sure even people at IAAF who decided not to accept this as an official record are happy for Eliud. But the rules are the rules.

In my mind, it's not detracting from what Eliud has achieved in the slightest.


He already holds the WR, that's why he set out to achieve it on any conditions.




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