Daniel Komen vs Haile Gebreselassie 5000m, Zurich 1996

[@JS-to3yj]

To this day..........Komen is still one of the best to ever do it from the great nation of Kenya....

[@bigsmok84]

The only reason we are saying one of the best is because we can't ignore Eliud kipchoge...but Komen may have been our greatest ever

[@CISMD]

Thank you for uploading these. He was truly an amazing runner. No one else could extinguish Haile's kick like that.

[@judenabbz6808]

It was like it was extinguished with a foam extinguisher and strangled the poor bloke of oxygen...lol

[@joseparedes3765]

3000m wr of komen and 10000m of bekele are the hardest world records to beat in all the atheletics races

[@amethystiumm]

10000m wr set by bekele in 2009 / time 26:17:53. I guess 3000m wr by Komen is the hardest to beat. Cheers.

[@francescocornelio7498]

2005

[@donkeykong4712]

José António Santos Paredes the 5k is just as hard to crack

[@random-zb7fp]

@@donkeykong4712 bekele could have ran much faster

[@soulyrasheed]

Komen's last lap was only around 59s and he attacked with 150 to go - he was capable of shattering WR if he went earlier and he was certainly capable... I mean - who ever outkicked Geb in his prime

[@jackdownes1550]

Very true, I believe if haille had any kick left in him to challenge komen on the final 200, the world record would have been broken that night..

[@random-zb7fp]

@@jackdownes1550 I know right. These guys could have ran 12:27 with better pacing

[@stanleykimutai2521]

The great of all time

[@drcollinsonkipchumba5606]

Absolute gem Daniel komen

[@peterlewis3540]

Daniel Komen is STILL the only human to have run under 8minutes for two miles, clocking 7-58. No other athlete of any era has gone under 8minutes for 2miles

[@legendofstreet2408]

He did it 2 times.

[@luispastor8089]

No one cares, true goat record is the 3000m

[@PaulWashington..]

@@luispastor8089 No one cares(?) that is a ridicolous statement

[@canadaqbank]

Bob Kennedy's PR (12:58)

[@peterlewis3540]

You do not often see a grimace on Hailes face, that's an indication of just how quickly both he an Komen were running. On this occasion, Komen got the better of him, and so close to the WR, that's how fast the race was.

[@legendofstreet2408]

reason of Haile grimace 7:42-10:22 from 3000m split to 4000m 2.29.40

[@amethystiumm]

Kowman was unique runner... his world record 3000m which still standing was 7:20.. imaginary time the only runner who came close to it was another great Hicham El Guerrouj 7:23... with all due respect to Haile Gebreselassie and Bekelee.

[@blindguardian1979]

thats true..a truely outstanding record. But with that said, how many times did Bekele go for the record? His PR time, the pacers were going so slow the first few laps unlike Komen who had great pacing

[@random-zb7fp]

@@blindguardian1979 I think Bekele could have broken a lot more records if there was better pacing for him. Even in his 5000m WR the pace was all over the place. He had to sprint at the end which means he had more left in the tank. Sub 12:30 5k was very possible for Haile, komen and Bekele

[@freedomm]

It was criminal not giving Daniel Women a special pass to the 1996 Olympics.

[@random-zb7fp]

He didn't want it lol

[@brianlam257]

Did Haile sprain his ankle in the last 200m? It's very unnatural how he slows down

[@freedomm]

+Ma Sato Haile basically gave up trying when he saw he couldn't kick with Komen after that seering pace.

[@brianlam257]

Kipngeno Kilel At about 12;30, Haile still has a 30m gap or more with the third guy. At the finishing point, that gap is narrowed to about 10m. That's what i meant he has slowed down.

[@VictorMoreno-tw2mi]

Haile was still hurting from the Atlanta Olympics 10,000 victory as per I read in a Runners World magazine article.

[@mobus1603]

That's true. Atlanta had messed Haile up pretty bad.

[@alansamuel2454]

@Kipngeno Kilel Komen's most immense talent in the 3000 m and 2 mile lied in th fact that he could do a crazy 3:28 1500 and a even crazier 12:39 5000m.