The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (approximately 0.93 miles) is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983.

The demands of the race are similar to that of the 800 metres, but with a slightly higher emphasis on aerobic endurance and a slightly lower sprint speed requirement. The 1500 metre race is predominantly aerobic, but anaerobic conditioning is also required and the 1500 metre athlete needs to balance between endurance training with the ability to offset high amounts of lactic acid.^[1]

In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could run 400 metres. Each lap run during the world-record race run by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in 1998 in Rome, Italy averaged just under 56 seconds (or under 13.8 seconds every 100 metres).^[2] 1,500 metres is three and three-quarter laps around a 400-metre track. During the 1970s and 1980s this race was dominated by British runners, along with an occasional Finn, American, or New Zealander, but through the 1990s a large number of African runners began to take over in being the masters of this race, with runners from Kenya, Morocco, and Algeria winning the Olympic gold medals.

In the Modern Olympic Games, the men's 1,500-metre race has been contested from the beginning, and at every Olympiad since. The first winner, in 1896, was Edwin Flack of Australia, who also won the first gold medal in the 800-metre race. The women's 1,500-metre race was first added to the Summer Olympics in 1972, and the winner of the first gold medal was Lyudmila Bragina of the Soviet Union. During the Olympiads of 1972 through 2008, the women's 1,500-metre race has been won by three Soviets plus one Russian, one Italian, one Romanian, one Briton, one Kenyan, and two Algerians, with the latter two winners being a big step forward for the women of Muslim countries, and for North Africa as a whole. The best times for the race were controversially ^[3] set by Chinese runners, all set in the same race on just two dates 4 years apart at the Chinese National Games.

In American high schools, the one-mile run (which is 1609.344 metres in length) and the 1,600-metre run, also colloquially referred to as "metric mile", are more frequently run than the 1,500-metre run, since US customary units are better-known in America. Which distance is used depends on which state the high school is in, and, for convenience, national rankings are standardized by converting all 1,600-metre run times to their mile run equivalents.^[4]

Top ten fastest athletes[link]

Men[link]

• Correct as of February 2012.^[5]

Rank	Res.	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location
1.	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Rome
2.	3:26.34	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	24 August 2001	Brussels
3.	3:27.37	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	12 July 1995	Nice
4.	3:28.12	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	11 August 2000	Zürich
5.	3:28.95	Fermín Cacho	Spain	13 August 1997	Zürich
6.	3:28.98	Mehdi Baala	France	5 September 2003	Brussels
7.	3:29.02	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	14 July 2006	Rome
8.	3:29.14	Rashid Ramzi	Bahrain	14 July 2006	Rome
9.	3:29.18	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	22 August 1997	Brussels
10.	3:29.27	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	22 July 2010	Monaco

Women[link]

• Correct as of February 2012.^[6]

Rank	Res.	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location
1.	3:50.46	Yunxia Qu	China	11 September 1993	Beijing
2.	3:50.98	Bo Jiang	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai
3.	3:51.34	Yinglai Lang	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai
4.	3:51.92	Junxia Wang	China	11 September 1993	Beijing
5.	3:52.47	Tatyana Kazankina	Soviet Union	13 August 1980	Zürich
6.	3:53.91	Lili Yin	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai
7.	3:53.96	Paula Ivan	Romania	1 October 1988	Seoul
8.	3:53.97	Lixin Lan	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai
9.	3:54.23	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	27 July 1982	Kiev
10.	3:54.52	Ling Zhang	China	18 October 1997	Shanghai

Annual best outdoor performances[link]

Men[link]

Year	Time	Athlete	Location
1966	3:36.1	Jim Ryun (USA)	Berkeley
1967	3:33.1	Jim Ryun (USA)	Los Angeles
1968	3:34.9	Kipchoge Keino (KEN)	Mexico City
1969	3:37.2	Marty Liquori (USA)	Stuttgart
1970	3:34.0	Jean Wadoux (FRA)	Colombes
1971	3:36.0	Marty Liquori (USA)	Milan
1972	3:36.33	Pekka Vasala (FIN)	Munich
1973	3:34.6	Filbert Bayi (TAN)	Helsinki
1974	3:32.16	Filbert Bayi (TAN)	Christchurch
1975	3:32.4	John Walker (NZL)	Oslo
1976	3:34.19	John Walker (NZL)	Stockholm
1977	3:32.72	John Walker (NZL)	Brussels
1978	3:35.48	David Moorcroft (GBR)	Edmonton
1979	3:32.03	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Zürich
1980	3:31.36	Steve Ovett (GBR)	Koblenz
1981	3:31.57	Steve Ovett (GBR)	Budapest
1982	3:32.12	Sydney Maree (USA)	Brussels
1983	3:30.77	Steve Ovett (GBR)	Rieti
1984	3:31.54	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	Hengelo
1985	3:29.46	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	Berlin
1986	3:29.77	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	Rieti
1987	3:30.69	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	Oslo
1988	3:30.95	Steve Cram (GBR)	Brussels
1989	3:30.55	Abdi Bile (SOM)	Rieti
1990	3:32.60	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Bologna
1991	3:31.00	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Helsinki
1992	3:28.86	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Rieti
1993	3:29.20	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Narbonne
1994	3:30.61	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Villeneuve d'Ascq
1995	3:27.37	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	Nice
1996	3:29.05	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Brussels
1997	3:28.91	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Zürich
1998	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Rome
1999	3:27.65	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Seville
2000	3:27.21	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Zürich
2001	3:26.12	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Brussels
2002	3:26.89	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Zürich
2003	3:28.40	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	Brussels
2004	3:27.40	Bernard Lagat (KEN)	Zürich
2005	3:29.30	Bernard Lagat (USA)	Rieti
2006	3:29.02	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)	Rome
2007	3:30.54	Alan Webb (USA)	Saint-Denis
2008	3:31.49	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)	Monaco
2009	3:29.47	Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN)	Berlin
2010	3:29.27	Silas Kiplagat (KEN)	Monaco
2011	3:30.46	Asbel Kiprop (KEN)	Rieti

Women[link]

Year	Time	Athlete	Location
1970	4:12.2	Karin Burneleit (GDR)	Berlin
1971	4:09.6	Karin Burneleit (GDR)	Helsinki
1972	4:01.4	Lyudmila Bragina (URS)	Munich
1973	4:04.6	Karin Krebs (GDR)	Potsdam
1974	4:02.25	Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)	Rome
1975	4:06.0	Nina Morgunova (URS)	Moscow
1976	3:56.0	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Podolsk
1977	4:02.65	Natalia Marasescu (ROU)	Bucharest
1978	3:59.01	Giana Romanova (URS)	Prague
1979	3:57.4	Totka Petrova (BUL)	Athens
1980	3:52.47	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	Zürich
1981	3:57.78	Olga Dvirna (URS)	Budapest
1982	3:54.23	Olga Dvirna (URS)	Kiev
1983	3:57.12	Mary Slaney (USA)	Stockholm
1984	3:56.63	Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS)	Prague
1985	3:57.24	Mary Slaney (USA)	Brussels
1986	3:56.7	Doina Melinte (ROU)	Bucharest
1987	3:58.56	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	Rome
1988	3:53.96	Paula Ivan (ROU)	Seoul
1989	3:59.23	Paula Ivan (ROU)	Nice
1990	3:58.69	Doina Melinte (ROU)	Villeneuve d'Ascq
1991	3:59.16	Natalya Artyomova (RUS)	Zürich
1992	3:55.30	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	Barcelona
1993	3:50.46	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	Beijing
1994	3:59.10	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	Nice
1995	3:58.85	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	Monaco
1996	3:56.77	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	Zürich
1997	3:50.98	Jiang Bo (CHN)	Shanghai
1998	3:56.97	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	Monaco
1999	3:59.31	Violeta Szekely (ROU)	Zürich
2000	3:57.40	Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA)	Oslo
2001	3:59.35	Violeta Szekely (ROU)	Monaco
2002	3:57.75	Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)	Brussels
2003	3:55.33	Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)	Brussels
2004	3:57.90	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	Athens
2005	3:56.79	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	Rieti
2006	3:55.68	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	Saint-Denis
2007	3:58.75	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	Osaka
2008	3:59.84	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	Lausanne
2009	3:56.55	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	Rome
2010	3:57.65	Anna Alminova (RUS)	Saint-Denis
2011	4:00.06	Morgan Uceny (USA)	Brussels

Other sports[link]

1,500 metres is also an event in swimming and speed skating. The world records for the distance in swimming for men are 14:10.10 (swum in a 25 metre pool) swum by Grant Hackett; 14:34.14 (swum in a 50 metre pool) by Sun Yang, and by women 15:32.90 (swum in a 25 metre pool); 15:42.54 (swum in a 50 metre pool) by Kate Ziegler.

The world records for the distance in speed skating are 1:41.04 by Shani Davis and 1:51.79 by Cindy Klassen.^[7]

See also[link]

• World record progression 1500 metres

References[link]

External links[link]

• Statistics

Sun Yang (孙杨)

Personal information
Full name	Sun Yang (孙杨)
Nationality	China
Born	(1991-12-01) December 1, 1991 (age 20) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	81 kilograms (180 lb)
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  China World Championships (LC) Gold 2011 Shanghai 800 m freestyle Gold 2011 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle Silver 2011 Shanghai 400 m freestyle Bronze 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou 1500 m freestyle Gold 2010 Guangzhou 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2010 Guangzhou 200 m freestyle Silver 2010 Guangzhou 400 m freestyle

Sun Yang (simplified Chinese: 孙杨; traditional Chinese: 孫楊; pinyin: Sūn Yáng; born 1 December 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang)^[1] is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics.^[2] At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year at the 2010 CCTV Sports Awards.^[3] At the 2011 World Championships, Sun broke the world record in the 1500 metre freestyle, long-held by Grant Hackett and which was the longest-held world record in swimming,^[4] and the only men's swimming record to not have been beaten during the techsuit era.

Major achievements[link]

• 2006 National Winter Championships – 1st 400m/1500m free;
• 2006 National Marathon Swimming Tournament – 1st 10 km free;
• 2007 National Champions Tournament – 2nd 400m/1500m free;
• 2007 National Championships – 1st 1500m free;
• 2007 National Intercity Games – 1st 1500m free;
• 2008 "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming Olympic Qualification – 2nd 400m free
• 2008 Olympics – 28th 400m free, 8th 1500m free
• 2009 World Championships – 3rd 1500m free
• 2010 Asian Games – 1st 1500m free (Asian Record)
• 2011 World Aquatics Championships – 1st 1500m free (World Record), 1st 800m free, 2nd 400m free

Personal bests (long course)[link]

As of September 23, 2011.

Key: AS = Asian record, NR = National record, WR = World Record

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sun Yang's Weibo

Records
Preceded by Grant Hackett	Men's 1500 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 31 July 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Kosuke Kitajima	Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Mohammed Farah

Farah at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 29) Mogadishu, Somalia[1]
Residence	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight	65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)[2]
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m
Club	Newham and Essex Beagles Oregon Track Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 1:48.69 (Eton 2003) 1500 m: 3:33.98 (Monaco 2009) 3000 m: 7:34.47 (Birmingham 2009) 5000 m: 12:53.11 (Monaco 2011) 10000 m: 26:46.57 (Eugene 2011) Half Marathon: 60:23 (New York 2011)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Great Britain World Championships Gold 2011 Daegu 5000 m Silver 2011 Daegu 10000 m European Championships Gold 2010 Barcelona 10000 m Gold 2010 Barcelona 5000 m Silver 2006 Göteborg 5000 m European Indoor Championships Gold 2009 Torino 3000 m Gold 2011 Paris 3000 m European Cross Country Championships Gold 2006 San Giorgio su Legnano Individual Silver 2008 Brussels Individual Silver 2009 Dublin Individual Silver 2009 Dublin Team Bronze 2008 Brussels Team European Team Championships Gold 2009 Leiria 5000 m

Mohamed "Mo" Farah (Somali: Muxammad Faarax, Arabic: محمد فرح‎; born 23 March 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia^[1]) is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete, and current 5000 m world champion. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres. He has expressed a desire to move up to the marathon after the 2012 Olympics.^[3]

Farah holds the European track record for 10,000 metres, the British road record for 10,000 metres, the British indoor record in the 3000 metres, the British track record for 5000 metres, the British half-marathon record, and the European indoor record for 5000 metres. In July 2010, Farah won Britain's first-ever men's European gold medal at 10,000 m.^[4] He followed this with a gold in the 5000 m, becoming the 5th male athlete to complete the long-distance double at the championships and the first British man to do so.^[5] At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, he won silver in the 10,000 m and gold in the 5000 m.^[6]

In addition, Farah competes in cross-country running, where in December 2006 he became European champion in Italy.^[7] He also took gold in the 3000 metres in both the 2009 and 2011 European Indoor Championships, in Turin and Paris respectively.

Farah was originally based in London and ran for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club, training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham's sports facilities in Strawberry Hill from 2001 to 2011. In 2011 he relocated to Oregon, USA, in order to further his training. He is an ambassador for Bupa, Lucozade Sport and Nike. Farah was voted 2011 European athlete of the year from twelve nominees, with Christophe Lemaitre in second place.^[8]

Biography[link]

Junior career[link]

Farah was born in Somalia.^[1] He grew up in Djibouti, and arrived in Britain aged 8 years old, speaking barely a word of English.^[1] Farah's father, on the other hand,his father was born in England and grew up in Hounslow. His parents met after his father went on holiday to Somalia.^[9]

Farah attended Feltham Community College in London. His athletic talent was identified by physical education teacher Alan Watkinson at Isleworth and Syon School, who later said of Farah: "When I first met him, he was struggling academically and suffering from the language barrier.^[10] He needed focus and I sort of took him under my wing. His passion was football but it was his turn of speed on the pitch that showed his real talent. His ambitions consisted of playing on the right wing for Arsenal.^[11] Watkinson would offer Farah the incentive of playing football for 30 minutes in the gym before taking him to the running club.

In 1996, at the age of 13, Farah entered the English schools cross country and finished ninth. The following year he won the first of five English school titles.^[10]

His first major title was at 5000 metres at the European Athletics Junior Championship in 2001^[12], the same year that he began training at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. That year Farah became one of the first two athletes in the newly formed Endurance Performance Centre at St Mary’s. He lived and trained at the College, and took some modules in an access course before becoming a full-time athlete as his career progressed.

Senior career[link]

2005–2008[link]

In 2005, Farah made an important move, moving in with Australian Craig Mottram and a group of Kenyan runners that included 10,000 metres world number one Micah Kogo. "They sleep, eat, train and rest, that's all they do but as an athlete you have to do all those things. Running with Craig made me feel more positive," Farah said. "If I ever want to be as good as these athletes I've got to work harder. I don't just want to be British number one, I want to be up there with the best."^[10]

In July 2006, Farah clocked a time of 13 minutes 9.40 seconds for 5000 m to become Britain's second-fastest runner after Dave Moorcroft. A month later Farah collected the silver medal in the European Championship 5000 m in Gothenburg. Coaches Alan Storey and Mark Rowland made sure that Farah remained competitive and a few words from Paula Radcliffe before the 5000 m final inspired Farah. He has stated that: "She said to me, 'Go out and be brave. Just believe in yourself'."^[10]

In December 2006, Farah won the European Cross Country Championship in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.^[7]

Farah represented the UK at 5000 m in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. Farah finished sixth in a time of 13:47.54.^[13]

In May 2008, Farah ran 10,000 m events, claiming the fastest UK men's time for almost eight years. However, he suffered disappointment at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, being knocked out before the final in the 5000 m event.

2009–2010: British records and European champion[link]

In January 2009, Farah set a new British indoor record in the 3000 metres, breaking John Mayock's record with a time of 7 minutes 40.99 seconds in Glasgow.^[14] A few weeks later he broke his own record by more than six seconds with a time of 7 minutes 34.47 at the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham,^[15] a performance which commentator Steve Cram called "the best performance by a male British distance runner for a generation".^[16] Farah attributed his good form to a spell of winter training at altitude in Ethiopia and Kenya.^[17] In March 2009 he took gold in the 3000 m at the European Indoor Championships in Turin, recording a time of 7 minutes 40.17.^[18]

Farah shadowing Ayad Lamdassem in the 10,000 m final of the 2010 European Athletics Championships

He competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: he was in the leading pack early on in the 5000 metres race and eventually finished seventh – the best by a European runner. After the championships, he scored a victory in his first road competition over 10 miles, winning the Great South Run in 46:25 to become the third fastest Briton in spite of strong winds.^[19]

Farah was one of the favourites to upset Serhiy Lebid's dominance at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.^[20] However, Lebid was never in contention as Farah and Alemayehu Bezabeh were some distance ahead throughout. Farah was overtaken by Bezabeh in the latter stages of the race, leaving the Briton with a second consecutive silver medal at the competition.^[21] He did not manage to attend the medal ceremony, however, as he collapsed immediately after the race and needed medical attention.^[22] After a close third place behind Edwin Soi at the BOclassic,^[23] he competed in the short course race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country. He was the favourite to win and surged ahead to build a comfortable lead. However, he appeared tired in the latter stages and finished third behind British runners Ricky Stevenson and Steve Vernon. Farah again required post-race medical attention and subsequent tests revealed he had low levels of iron and magnesium. He was prescribed supplements for the condition and his high altitude training plans in Kenya were unaffected.^[24]

Farah celebrating his 2010 European Championships 10,000 metres gold medal

He won the 2010 London 10,000 in late May with a British road record time of 27:44, beating 10K world record holder Micah Kogo in the process.^[25] His success continued the following week at the European Cup 10,000 m as he improved his track best by nearly 16 seconds, finishing in 27:28.86. He won by a margin of over forty seconds ahead of second placed Abdellatif Meftah.^[26] After training in Africa, he returned to Europe for the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He took the 10,000 metres gold medal, overtaking Ayad Lamdassem with two laps to go and finishing the race unpressured in a time of 28:24.99. This was Farah's first major title and also the first European gold medal in the event for Great Britain.^[27] He then went on to win the 5000 m from Jesus Espana, becoming only the fifth man in the 66-year history of the European Championships to achieve the 5000 m/10,000 m double, and the first for 20 years, following in the footsteps of the Czech Emil Zatopek in 1950, Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak of Poland in 1958, Finland’s Juha Vaatainen in 1971 and Salvatore Antibo, of Italy, in 1990.^[5][28]

On 19 August 2010, at a Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Farah ran 5000 m in 12:57.94, breaking David Moorcroft's long-standing British record and becoming the first ever British athlete to run under 13 minutes.^[29] In December 2010, Farah was named the track-and-field athlete of the year for 2010 by the British Olympic Association.^[30] He closed the year at the BOclassic and just missed out on the 10K title, losing out to Imane Merga in a sprint finish by 0.2 seconds.^[31]

2011: European and British records, and world medals[link]

2011 proved to be a highly successful year for Farah, beginning on 8 January at the Edinburgh Cross Country, where he defeated the top four finishers of that year's European Championships to take victory in the long race.^[32]

In February 2011, Farah announced that he would be relocating to Portland, Oregon, USA, to work with new coach Alberto Salazar. On 19 February 2011 in Birmingham, England, he broke the European 5000 m indoor record with a time of 13:10.60, at the same time taking ten seconds off the 29-year-old British indoor record of Nick Rose.^[33]

On 5 March 2011, he won gold in the 3000 metres at the European Indoor Championships.

On 20 March 2011 he won the NYC Half Marathon in a time of 1:00:23, a new British record.^[34][35] He and training partner Galen Rupp had originally planned on running a 10,000 m race in New Zealand, but after it was canceled due to an earthquake and damage done to the track, they entered the half-marathon in New York.

On 3 June 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, USA, Farah won the Prefontaine Classic 10,000 m in 26:46.57, setting a new British and European record.^[36]

On 22 July 2011, at a Diamond League meeting in Monaco, he set a new British national record in the 5000 m with a time of 12:53.11.^[37] He edged out American Bernard Lagat to win.^[37]

In the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, in Daegu, South Korea, Farah made a major breakthrough on the world stage by taking the silver medal in the 10,000 m and then the gold in the 5000 m.^[38] He became the first British man to win a global title over either distance.^[39] Farah had in fact been more strongly fancied to take the 10,000 m title, but was narrowly beaten in a last lap sprint by Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan. In the 5000 m he overcame Bernard Lagat, perhaps his major rival, beating him into second place. Following the race, Dave Moorcroft, former 5000 metres world record holder, hailed Farah as "the greatest male distance runner that Britain has ever seen".^[40]

Personal life[link]

In April 2010 Farah married his longtime partner Tania Nell, in Richmond, London. Other athletes at the wedding included Paula Radcliffe, Steve Cram, Hayley Yelling, Jo Pavey, and Swedish steeplechaser Mustafa Mohamed.^[41] He has a six year-old step-daughter, Rihanna.^[42] He is a fan of Arsenal Football Club.^[43]

Achievements[link]

Personal bests[link]

+ intermediate split in longer race

References[link]