Talk:Hicham El Guerrouj
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Why does it say "world recordman" next to so many of his performances? Not all of those were world records. Also, I've never heard the term "world recordman" used by any runners I know, either in person or on message boards. World record holder, yes. World recordman, no.
[edit] 1996 Olympics
In the Morceli entry, there is no mention of a collision playing a factor in the race. What is considered to have happened? Is there any controversy? Smoove K 07:29, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
No controversy that I've heard of. El Guerrouj collided with another runner and fell.PurpleHaze 11:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Display Photo
I have uploaded an AFP photo [[1]] under what I believe to be fair use policy.
Free licensed material was not immediately available for basic semblance of biography subject. Material was thus sought which "significantly improves the article it is included on," rather than being presented only for the purpose of estabishing subject's appearance. The photograph so found—i.e., the subject's victory in his extended pursuit of an Olympic gold medal—is, while copyrighted, a clear asset to subject's biographical article, and additionally provides a simple establishment of subject's appearance.
This photograph must not be construed to "replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Indeed, at 324x220, this photograph is low resolution. Moreover, the photograph, in its apotheosis of El Guerrouj's perhaps crowning achievement, should only increase a given reader's interest in El Guerrouj, in Olympic middle-distance running, and in historic athletic events overall. It is inevitable, then, that such increased interest should lead to increased viewership of news agency photographs, not excluding AFP.
Borat fan 02:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2001 Brussels
The article states that El Guerrouj almost broke his own WR in the mile in 2001 with a time of 3:26:12. Since his WR stands at 3:43:13, it may have been meant to be entered as 3:46:12 or even 3:44:12. Does anyone know what time he ran? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.224.160.159 (talk) 21:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
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