Gebrselassie sets two records in one run

[adawk20]

ohhhh, hayley. I guess the announcer was in the booth with his wife...who's apparently named hayley.

[athleteization]

His name is pronounced HI-LEE. Makes me ashamed to be an American athlete. 

[QCSkateMedia]

@athleteization Really? One American announcer mispronouncing ONE mans name makes you ashamed to be an American athlete? Ok.

[athleteization]

@QCSkateMedia If you're going to be an announcer in ANY category, you better know what the fuck you are talking about. You would laugh at an announcer if he said Lebrin James instead of LeBron James. This is a similar situation.

[QCSkateMedia]

@athleteization Oh no doubt I would definitely laugh, but I would not be ashamed in the least to be an American athlete if one was to do it. The announcer should be ashamed, not me.

[athleteization]

@QCSkateMedia Let's be truthful. We wouldn't hear this out of a British commentator. Why is it the American's showing such ignorance? These two announcers are clearly Americans, (Carol Lewis, the female announcer, is an idiot beyond comprehension). I feel ashamed for our country to spew out such ignorant announcers. We don't see this is idiocy in foreign announcers.

[Timoulos]

@athleteization I know this is 4 months late of a reply, and I apologize for that, but seriously, who do you think you are to stereotype Americans like that? I laugh at stupid announcers, and I've heard plenty of worse announcers beyond the U.S. You, sir, need to climb out of the fucked up land you live in and open your eyes

[athleteization]

@Timoulos First off, I'm an American citizen as I said. But come on people, do your damn homework. At least pronounce the guys name right. Then she say's "what, meters?" after that. I can understand letting something slip like a small statistic, but forgetting a guy's name and the base unit of length in track is just staggering.

[Timoulos]

@athleteization Lol I know you're an American, it doesn't change the fact that you're completely stereotyping American announcers (which is a ridiculous thing to do btw). Yes they're bad announcers but there is nothing else to it. It doesn't mean ANYTHING about any other announcers.

[athleteization]

@Timoulos Not going to lie, I've heard a lot of American announcers, and most of them just simply don't know what is going on in a track race. They hire for the TV/radio voice and give them a small bout of knowledge on the sport. Are all this way? I would hope not, but I've seen a lot of track races, and a LOT of bad announcers. Shame that some American's are so narrow-minded to only do their homework on american football, basketball and baseball.

[Timoulos]

@athleteization cool. i agree on that but it still doesn't explain stereotyping. all i'm gonna say

[DARKSTAR256]

how much laps is thaT??!

[WeaponX1986]

@DARKSTAR256 Announcer said 52

[FeelinLight]

Those flowers never made it over the fence. 1:02

[RevolutionManJP]

@FeelinLight lol!

[iayyam]

who is Hayley?

[wally0000000000]

@iayyam it haile and its the guy you were watching -_-

[iMaDeMoN2012]

I always wonder how they contest the hour run. That why I search for this video.

[mark95427]

that's more than a half marathon.

[musiclover5327]

0:55 "194...what, meters?" American commentators really know their stuff

[mutigerss]

@musiclover5327 It was a woman..

[7897james]

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[bekele2617]

Yeah, seriously, it makes me sick that Carol Lewis has ever earned a penny from doing "commentary" on races. She is easily the worst commentator I've ever heard on any sport ever, butchering names, distances, times, strategy and everything else with her staggering ignorance and stupidity.

Carol, I'm sure you'll never read this, because reading requires that someone be literate, but you are a disgrace.  Please stop.

[esquimalt1]

wow they show the beginning and the end and miss entirely the stuff that happened in between...

[gsmokha]

Awesome :)

[TheLiberalSoup]

the one hour race is different from all the other races

[ArtOfPhire]

1:03

The flowers never made it over. :(

[AssHoleThunder]

@ArtOfPhire :(

[percdann]

This is embarassing this videos commentry!

[franforest]

I don't know what is more impressive, he's world records or his smiling face expresion after running 52 laps a little bit more in an hour!! :S MY GOD!!

[EltBerserker]

holy FUCK. One hour on a track is probably the most painful thing ever. SO MANY GODDAMN CIRCLES

[MrGnaes]

gebrselassie is an absolute creit to ethiopia

[joshsta007]

its pronounced hi-lee

stupid americans

[Winston408]

Most of us know that:)

[lennin01]

Nah i dont know where youre from but i say

ha -ii-lay

[akuda88]

@joshsta007 wow who cares

[pabanil]

Wow! my idol

[MrCJPerkins]

Haile u legend

[roadrunner7000]

such a weird event lol but impressive nonetheless

[soonz666]

haha yh shes shit. i love how she cnt pronounce any non-american names

[jbrumundsmith]

Good grief, Carol Lewis, you are the worst announcer in history

[steve51865]

It wasn't great....but c'mon it wasn't that bad.

[knightsxc06]

Haile's lesser known twin Hayley...The man secretly responsible for 5 of his 27 world records!

[juanpablo88]

hahahahhahahahhahahah the best comment !!!

[iteslabot]

haha!

[sdotlondonkid]

in what is he secretly responsibly for for those five world records.

[GetUpAndTryAgain]

i thought "haile" was pronounced "highly" not "haylee"

[tzf3w]

You're right, it's not haylee. It's high-le.

[onelovehabesha]

lmao!!!

[azsports13]

yep i agree

[Nik123dj]

Lol, considering he ran 10 kilometers to school and back everday for 10 years until his 20, it's no wonder. He's a born runner.

[XtraceStudioz]

I'm gonna start doing that lol

[azsports13]

ya hes nearly unsurpassable

[noxdream]

Who is hayley?

All I know is two time olympic champion and world record holder who is Haile.

[yafet08]

its highlay(halie)

[C84141]

close - it's pronounced highly, as ShiniGorky187 has already told you

[ramm69stein]

this man is just so damn awesome =)

[ShiniGorky187]

its pronounced highly(Haile)

[akuraoo]

It is High-lay (Haile).

[inu14]

damn 52 laps in a hour.

[spreitzrunner1]

they butchered the legend's name.

sorry Haile we have dumb retards announcing our track races.

[percdann]

Hey someone wanna tell me who haley is? :P

[abeltoemma]

greatest long distance runner of all time that should sum it up :)

[percdann]

Im thinking haley must be haile's evil twin! Couldn agree more, prefer him to kenenisa defo!

[jhnb91]

they are not ethiopians so just shut the fuck up

[stoppre75]

Please tell me that these won't be the commentators presenting the Olympics!

[Lo0karunner]

Retard said hayylee instead of Haile. Silly retard.

[osmex4real]

haile means "my power" in ethiopian language

[fluflu66]

Runners world recently announced that Haile was the greatest distance runner in history. 27 world records including the Marathon.....(thats a bs post about Madrazo) Its kinda cheesy but the disney produced film "endurance" tells his life story.

[salvadorbarrios]

Mexican Arturo Barrios hold the record for a long time, until 2007 i think he did his record in '89 so it was long before they beat his record

[MajunchaMayor]

Roberto Madrazo also broke records in the 2007 Marathon of Berlin...Did you heard about that?

[ww1313]

that was a phonie

he got DQ

[osmex4real]

Roberto Madrazo also broke records in the 2007 Marathon in your dreams!

[MajunchaMayor]

It was a phony after all...Don't worry, I know.

[abyssworld]

type '10000m atenas' and you will see the best last lap ever on youtube

[supervic29]

someone tell this announcer that its haile (highly) not haile (hayly)

[lamrof]

its highla as in lay.

[markgregamy]

unbelievable no one reported this in papers i read. marvellous news.