The first words Hicham El Guerrouj uttered as he left the scene of his 1500 metres defeat in Sydney's Olympic Stadium last September can now be revealed - 'I am finished with running,' he said.
Ever since Sir Roger Bannister ran the first mile under four minutes back in 1954, it's become the ultimate athletics record. Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj holds the current record at 3:43.13. In the ...