John Akii-Bua - Background and Hurdling Tracks to Uganda's Olympic Gold and Munich's Top Highlight By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Jonathan_Musere/371652]Jonathan Musere Zambian 400 meters-hurdles legend Samuel Matete was born on July 27, 1968 in Chingola in Zambia. Samuel Matete is notably one of the world's foremost 400 meters hurdlers of all time. For young Matete, legendary Uganda hurdler John Akii-Bua was his foremost sports idol. Matete still holds the African record of 47.10 seconds in the 400mh event, one he set in the German city of Zurich on August 7, 1991. At this Weltklasse Zurich (World Class Zurich), an annual athletics meeting in Switzerland which is part of the IAAF Golden League, and is sometimes referred to as the One-Day Olympics, Matete undeniably made his most memorable athletics mark. In his home country, Matete originally trained under rudimentary conditions, including setting up handcrafted wooden hurdles. Only three other people, all from the USA, have officially ever ran faster personal bests than Samuel Matete. These are: Bryan Bronson in 47.03 seconds (set in New Orleans in Louisiana on June 21, 1998), Edwin Moses in 47.02 seconds (set in Koblenz in Germany on August 31, 1983), and Kevin Young in an astounding world record and so far the only official time below 47 seconds, of 46.78 seconds (on August 6, 1992 in Barcelona, at the Olympic Games, in the finals). The only other Africa runners with faster personal bests than Akii-Bua are El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal. He ran the intermediate hurdles in 47.23 seconds at the Olympics of 1988 that were held in Seoul in South Korea. Here, aged 29, Dia Ba was in the finals beaten to second place by 29 year-old American Andre Phillips (47.19s, an Olympic record), and aging 33 year-old world record holder Edwin Corley Moses settled for the bronze in a time of 47.56 seconds. The performance in this Olympic final was astounding: Andre Phillips established an Olympic record and Edwin Moses (despite his bronze medal placing) had ran faster than he had at two previous Olympics at which he had won gold! Courtesy of Dia Ba, this final evidenced the breaking of Akii-Bua's intermediate hurdles' African record. In addition to Samuel Matete, the only other Africa runner with a personal-best timing faster than Akii-Bua's is Llewellyn George Herbert of South Africa with a timing of 47.81s in a third place bronze-medal finish in the Finals at the Olympics of 2000 that were held in Sydney. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?John-Akii-Bua---Background-and-Hurdling-Tracks-to-Ugandas-Olympic-Gold-and-Munichs-Top-Highlight&id;=4523948] John Akii-Bua - Background and Hurdling Tracks to Uganda's Olympic Gold and Munich's Top Highlight Follow on Social Media ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fb Page: https://www.facebook.com/bestsportsworld/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sportsworldcup1 Google+: https://goo.gl/1ft1Qu Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sportsworldis99/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/bestsportsworld Wordpress: https://sportsworldtv24.wordpress.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestsportsworld/ Blogger: http://banglawaz365.blogspot.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/sportsisworld/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rio Olympic Summer Opening Ceremony -2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=208G5G8sPks Olympic 100m Final Trails Track 2016. Markana Stadium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Xo1s-lqdU Brazil, 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics - Was it a Good Choice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrcsMRssYw RIO Olympic Football First Day Match Schedule- 2016। Rio 2016 Olympic Schedule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-CYR_aZmHc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- olympic trials 2016 gymnastics olympic trials 2016 swimming,olympic trials tv schedule,olympic trials 2016 schedule,olympic trials tv schedule 2016,olympic trials live stream,olympic trials results,olympic trials results 2016 olympic trials 2016 swimming,olympic trials 2016 gymnastics,olympic trials 2016 swimming cuts dates of 2016 summer olympics 2016 olympic trials track and field standards,olympic trials 2016 boxing,olympic trials 2016 wrestling,olympics 2016,Team USA, Road to Rio, Rio 2016, USA Track and Field, USATF, track and field, track, 1500m, Olympics, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury, Brenda Martinez, usain bolt, asafa, powell, minzie, nesta, carter, justin, gatlin, injured, akeem, bloomfield, christopher, taylor, nickel, ashmeade, yohan, blake, false, start, final, tyson, gay, 60, injury, women, 4x100, 4x400, javon, francis, record, Olympic Trials, USA Track and Field, USATF, track and field, Sydney McLaughlin, Rio 2016, Road to Rio, 400m hurdles, hurdles, track,

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