Running is one of those spectacular sports, when the decisive victory becomes literally a fraction of a second. All kinds of sports require their participants maximum effort, but in running athletes demonstrate the will to win especially brightly. Running a distance faster than an opponent is a difficult task, which many do not cope with. Who are they, the fastest people in the world? Let's talk today about the famous runners and their records. In our rating there were sportsmen who established impressive speed records at different distances: sprinters, marathon runners and runners at medium distances.
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Patrick Macau
Opens the list of the fastest people on the planet Kenyan marathon runner Patrick Macau .In 2010 he was named the best athlete of the world. The future famous marathon runner grew up in a poor large family. Patrick studied at a school that was located 8 kilometers from his village. This distance he preferred to overcome by running. Sometimes the boy dined at home, and on such days he ran from house to school and back to 30 kilometers. Macau started his professional career in 2005.In the Berlin Marathon in 2011 athlete set a world record, breaking the marathon distance for 2: 03.38.In 2013, the record of Macau was beaten by his compatriot Wilson Kipsang.
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Moses Mosop
The 9th position in the rating of the fastest people in the world is the Kenyan Moses Mosop , the record holder at distances of 25 and 30 kilometers. In 2015, the athlete set another personal record, running the Xiamen marathon for an impressive time - 2: 06.19.
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Dennis Kipruto Kimetto
Eighth place among the fastest runners on the planet - the Kenyan track and field athlete Dennis Kipruto Kimetto .The future record holder in the sports family was born - mother and father Kimetto were engaged in track and field athletics. From early childhood, he worked at a farm of his parents. Seeing the performance at the Olympics compatriot, Dennis Kimetto was so inspired by him that he decided to go jogging and began to combine training with school.
Sports career athlete began in 2011, and a year later set a world record in the run for 25 kilometers along the highway. In 2014, participating in the Berlin Marathon, he again set the world record, showing the time 2:02:57.
In 2014, Kimetto was voted the best marathoner of the year.
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David Lecuta Rudisha
Track and Field Athlete David Lecuta Rudisha , specializing in running for 800 meters, is on the 7th place in the ranking of the fastest people in the world. In a big sport, Rudish came in with the authority of his father, the silver medalist of the Olympic Games. His example became a great incentive for the future champion to start running. The talent of the young runner was noticed in high school, and Rudisha got the opportunity to start training with a professional coach.
At the first ever competition in 2005, he took second place. The heyday of the athlete's career came in 2009-2011.At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he set a world record in the 800 meter run.
Now David Rudis is 27 years old, and his youth gives him a chance to hit the world with new sports achievements.
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Zersenai Tadese Habtelisase
The sixth place in the ranking of the fastest people on the planet is occupied by Zersenai Tadese Habtelisase .Eritrean athlete is a five-time world champion by half marathon. He owns world records in a half marathon and running for 20 kilometers.
An interesting fact: athlete is from the state of Eritrea, located in East Africa. Athletes of the country have performed at the four Summer Olympic Games since 2000.The only bronze medal in the history of Eritrea was received by Zersenai Tadese in 2004 in Athens.
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Kenenis Bayeč
The fifth place in the list of the fastest people in the world is the three-time Olympic champion Kenenis Beyech .The Ethiopian athlete specializes in running for 5 and 10 kilometers. In 2014, he successfully ran his first marathon. Like Patrick Macau, Beyecha went to school, located at a great distance from his house. In order not to be late for lessons, he had to run about 10 kilometers. Daily training was not in vain - in 2002, the athlete for the first time loudly declares himself a victory at the World Cross-Country Championships. In 2004-2005, he sets new world records at distances of 5 and 10 kilometers.
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Hisham al-Guerrozh
Fourth place in the ranking of the fastest people on the planet is the multiple world champion and two-time Olympic champion Hisham al-Guerrozh .The famous athlete owns three world records: at a distance of 1500, 1609 and 2000 meters. Hisham El-Guerruzh was named the world's best athlete three times. In 2006, he was forced to end his career as a runner because of an injury, but the record holder did not leave the sport - now he is one of the members of the International Olympic Committee.
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Florence Griffith-Joyner
Florence Griffith-Joyner ranks third in the list of the fastest people in the world. Set by her in 1988, world records in the race for 100 and 200 meters so far no one beat. In 1989, Griffith-Joyner left the big sport, and in 1990 she started heart attacks. In 1998, the athlete died in a dream. With the records of Griffith-Joyner, suspicions were associated with her use of doping, but no evidence of this was found.
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Michael Johnson
The second place in the ranking of the fastest people in the world is occupied by the four-time Olympic champion American Michael Johnson .The greatest of the sprinters of the end of the XX century, he set several world records. The famous athlete stood out among other runners with an interesting running style, which his rivals called "ridiculous."But the laughter in the direction of Johnson was heard only until the first victories. And he really ran extremely unusual - the runner raced along the path with a slightly deflected back straightened. Nobody used this technique before or after Johnson. In 1994, the athlete puts the first record on the 100-meter, running it for 10.09 seconds. At the age of 31, the athlete put a new unique record - in 1999 he overcame the distance of 400 meters in 43.18 seconds.
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Usain Bolt
The greatest runner and fastest person in the world is deservedly called Usain Bolta .He playfully puts new world records on short distances and wins gold at competitions. Bolt is a six-time Olympic champion and in the history of Jamaica's sporting achievements he has no equal. On account of the great athlete are four world records. After running 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, he received the nickname "Lightning".