Mongolia’s Serod Batochir bagged the marathon gold medal in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 preparatory games for the main show in August. Will Serod repeat as a gold medalist in the Olympic Games? Unlikely.
His run which clocked two hours, 30 minutes and 42 seconds is just too far away from those recorded by Athens 2004 medalists (where the bronze medalist clocked 2:12:11). Also, the current marathon world record is 2:04:26 by Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie. By the way, as we reported earlier, Haile has decided to not compete in the marathon because of health concerns.
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