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At the start of the marathon, there was no northern Ethiopian and Korean, due to Boycott (hence the absence of a better world with the Ethiopian Belayneh Dinsamo) and holder Steve Jones a time the best global brand. Despite all marathon shortage of contenders as the qualities of many riders in this period which saw the explosion of the time in less than 2:10. Among the world's top Ikangaa the Kenyan and Ibrahim Hussein, the Japanese Nakayama and Seko, the Australian De Castella best performance of the year in 2:07:51 (Boston), and runners of Djibouti, newcomers to the world marathon and Salah, and Robleh Charmake had won the first world cup held in Hiroshima in 1985. the origin of this amazing sporting miracle, there was René Frassinelli. Back from a trip in which, succeeding the French Somali coast, was still known since 1967 the Territory of the Afars and Issas, this missionary athletics, former coach Michel Jazy, had not dried up praise for the fantastic gifts untapped these runners. Two other english coaches, Jacky Fournier and Jacques Darras, were responsible for presenting them with a rational training. Including Fontainebleau, the joint school sports, where Salah, shepherd into a military, was to long stays with his companions during his career.

At the 15th kilometer of couse, they are still 33 but Bordin do so is not part of this group, but it will then increase its pace to get into the leading group, composed of 24 men at kilometer 20 past 1:01 ' . 21 ", then the group will disintegrate to count only 13 riders at the 25th kilometer peloton led by Ikangaa Kenyan who seems to dominate the discussions from the start the 30th kilometer, they are only seven contenders for victory: Bordin, Wakiihuri Salah, Nakayama, Ikangaa and Charles Spedding. Between the thirtieth and fortieth kilometer, where is the moment of truth of any marathon, the course went up more often than down, combined with the effects of fatigue and hots, it led the last survivors of the frontrunners to breaking point. They are no longer qua four Salah, Bordin, Wakiihuri and Nakayama, the latter being the first to give in. on the trail of Upon arrival we found the four men separated by only a few seconds, the gap between the first and second Wakiihuri Bordin will be fifteen seconds, then twelve seconds arrive the Djiboutian Ahmed Salah. Salah, light as a feather (1m82 for 55kg) and whose resting pulse beat at 40, had a rather messy early career due to an impulsive nature. Expelled from Helsinki world platoon in which he had sown the disturbance with his sudden movements, he found himself in the ditch in 1983 before finishing 20th of the Los Angeles Olympics. He was then became African champion after his victory in the prestigious World Cup 1985 successfully renewed in 1987, which added to its glow to Rotterdam a few months before the Olympic deadline had helped to swell his confidence . But Salah was betrayed by his tight shoes, and was doubled in 1600 Bordin line in a thrilling final. Wakiihuri when with him take revenge by winning the London Marathon in 1989 in 2:09:03, and will then champion Commonwealth.

Gelindo Bordin, after this victory, made ​​a career on track and manages to win the same year the Boston Marathon in 2:08:19, which no Olympic champion had managed before him. Moreover the Italians were able to just forget the wound that for 80 years the nagging, the terrible failure Dorando Pietri was finally avenged.