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Edwin Moses was a truly remarkable hurdler who completely dominated his event for a decade. In Montreal in 1976, Moses won the 400m hurdles in... world record time. Eight years later in Los Angeles, he won a second gold medal. Between September 1977 and June 1987, Moses won 122 consecutive races.
Jan 18, 2022 · Edwin Moses, 66, has gained only four or five pounds since retiring from track and field as a three-time Olympic medalist in 1988.
Moses was unbeaten for 10 years, winning 122 consecutive races (107 finals) between 1977 and 1987. Known for his intelligence, he was a physics and industrial engineering major at Morehouse, and later earned an MBA from Pepperdine.
May 23, 2018 · Twilight of a Legend. Sources. Edwin Moses ’ s athletic achievement is extraordinary by any standards. For nearly a decade between 1977 and 1987 he completely dominated the 400-meter intermediate hurdles — a grueling event that requires its participants to leap ten hurdles in a quarter mile race.
Mar 20, 2024 · Edwin Moses dominated the intermediate hurdles during his athletic career, recording 107 consecutive victories in the 400-meter hurdles finals, going undefeated for 10 years and setting the world record in the event four times.
Mar 7, 2012 · During that winning streak, he also won gold medals at the 1983 and 1987 IAAF World Championships and triumphed at the 1977, 1979 and 1981 IAAF World Cups. His final world record of 47.02 was set in the German city of Koblenz in 1983 and stood for the next nine years; and only one man has run faster since Moses retired in 1989.
Show more. Olympic gold medal winner Félix Sánchez explains how Edwin Moses revolutionised the 400m hurdles event and became a legend of the sport.
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