Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebeda is World’s Best Marathoner
Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, the fifth of thirteen children, won the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in grand style. Hitting the halfway in 1:03:06, Tsegaye took off with Abel Kirui of Kenya,then broke him with a series of miles 4:38, 4:37, 4:33, and finally ran 2:05:19! There was noting ambivalent about Kebede’s race tactics: they were straightforward-run fast, then run faster. In is wake, Sammy Wanjiru, Duncan Kibet dropped out, and Emmanuel Mutai took second in 2:06:23 with Jaouad Gharib took third in 2:06:55! More details to come later this evening!
After winning both the Fukuoka International Marathon and the London Marathon Kebeda is now considered to be the worlds best marathon runner.
Top 20 Male Performances at World Track & Field Championships

Long jump champion, Dwight Phillips
All-athletics.com has ranked the top 20 male performaces at the IAAF World Championship Track & Field Meet from Berlin.
Usain Bolt | 100m |
Usain Bolt | 200m |
Jamaica | 4x100m |
Tyson Gay | 100m |
Ezekiel Kemboi | 3000mSC |
Kenenisa Bekele | 10000m |
Abel Kirui | Marathon |
Christian Cantwell | Shot Put |
Lashawn Merritt | 400m |
Dwight Phillips | Long Jump |
Phillips Idowu | Triple Jump |
Sergey Kirdyapkin | 50km Walk |
Trey Hardee | Decathlon |
Robert Harting | Discus |
Kerron Clement | 400m Hurdles |
Steven Hooker | Pole Vault |
Ryan Braithwaite | 110m Hurdles |
Valeriy Borchin | 20km Walk |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4x100m |
Alonso Edwards | 200m |
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | 3000mSC |
USA | 4x400m |