It's no exaggeration to describe Edwin Moses as the godfather of 400m hurdling. Born in Dayton, Ohio, USA in the summer of 1955, Ed utterly dominated the event during the 1970s and 80s, His long stride meant that he tackled the gaps between the barriers with 13 rather than the conventional 14 steps -- a method that helped him amass an unprecedented sequence of 107 finals unbeaten, with Ed remaining undefeated on the track for an incredible nine years. Over the course of his career, Ed won gold at the Montreal and Los Angeles Olympic games and managed to break the world record an impressive four times. Were it not for US team boycott he would have almost certainly also won a gold at the Moscow games in 1980. Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics we spoke to Ed about what it feels like to be a Guinness World Records title holder. Subscribe for more amazing videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=guinnessworldrecords Welcome to the official Guinness World Records YouTube channel! If you're looking for videos featuring the world's tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on the planet, you're in the right place. Willkommen im offiziellen Guinness World Records Kanal! Wenn du auf der Suche nach den größten, kleinsten, schnellsten, längsten, ältesten und unglaublichsten Dingen der Welt bist, dann bist du hier genau richtig. LIKE us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gwrnews Find out more: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Add us to your G+ circles: http://bit.ly/GWRgplus

• published: 14 Mar 2012
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