The Face Of Evil; Pathology Of A Genocide.

The face of evil; pathology of a genocide.

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A triumph of human will against all odds.

A world away from her wartorn country of Ukraine, Yaroslava Mahuchikh thrilled the crowd on her way to setting a WL of 2 metres in the high jump (Kipkeinoclassic, Saturday May 13 2023).

Sounds about right.

Recalling the achievements of an unassuming legend.

August 9 2022 marked 10 years since the 800m WR was set in extraordinary style, by an extraordinary athlete, before a fantastic crowd at the London Olympics.

Andrew Osagie and Rudisha. The lanky Maasai warrior whose elegant running style has been described as poetry in motion, paced Osagie to a last place finish that would have won the British athlete gold at the three previous Olympics (Thursday August 9 2012).

Widely regarded as the best race of the London 2012 Olympics, the men's 800 metres assembled a cast that will never be seen again. And in fact, of the men who lined up on that famous August evening, only Rudisha would return to defend his title at the next Olympics in Rio.

Such was the pace that was set by the greatest 800m runner ever, that he pulled the rest of the field to 7 Personal Bests, 3 National Records, and 1 World Junior Record.

But make no mistake about it, Rudisha knew beforehand that he was going to produce something special on the day. He said as much in the warm-up area in the presence of Kip Keino, as well as his younger teammate 17 year old Timothy Kitum.

Then a youngster himself at only 23, Rudisha advised Kitum to run within himself and not to attempt to follow the breakneck pace that Rudisha was about to throw down. Said Rudisha to Kitum, "I’m going to break the world record today and if you follow me you will die."

Yes, yes, and yes!

This.👇