
THE SPEED OF HUMAN IMAGINATION
by Kenan Malik
Some sporting moments achieve mythical status because of their sheer audacity. Muhammad Ali’s ‘rumble in the jungle’ defeat of George Foreman in Kinshasa in 1974 to regain his world heavyweight title comes to mind. Others astound with a seemingly impossible perfection such as Nadia Comăneci’s perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. And then there are those that astonish by redefining one’s perception of what it’s possible for a human being to achieve. Eliud Kipchoge’s completion of […]
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