@That Guy And his life helped him to prepare, indeed. At my own peak, I trained 100 to 112 miles each week, but I never had that 20k per day that Komen had in his youth, just running to school and back. Daniel Komen remains, unquestionably, one of the greatest runners in history. It is cruel that this same history forgets the bright flame when it brightly glows for only two to three years. Missing the Atlanta Olympic Games may have contributed to this, of course, but the Kenyan Government could have done more for such an amazing talent. Greed corrupts and poverty kills; it is one hell of a travesty.
When people talk about the love of the sport, don't forget survival comes first. He showed that he's a monster on the track, retired and lives a happy life. What else can you ask for in life? He went from rags to riches and I'm happy for him
100%!!! Exactly!! There is nothing wrong, most of us would have done the same, it’s impossible for us to understand what these athletes have to go through... It’s just a pity because who knows what he could have done, maybe he could have become the all time goat and we wouldn’t be talking about Gebrselassie, Bekele or Kipchoge.
@@davidms3729 im sure He would have been on the list of The Greatest runners of all time. He still is now. Kenenisa Haile And Komen are the absolute greatest
@@MrSupernova111 Mainstream media. Getting records aren't ratings - those are just statistical facts. Many people today who follow track & field have barely heard the name Daniel Komen.
@@kimmern999. That can be said for any athlete of the past. People in general don't research anything. Doesn't make past champions underrated. You can't rate something if you're not aware of it. Common sense should apply when using words like "underrated."
the most badass part about him is that in an interview he was asked how he deals with pre-race nervousness and he was confused not because he didnt understand the question but because he didnt understand what it was like to be nervous before a race. unfortunately he didnt love running, he loved to party and blew his money like crazy.
@@georgeikinya2779 exc. point; how many US athletes get told when they're 13 that they're the next big thing, and then think it's going to just fall into their lap??? All the athlete commentary shows on US television should perhaps do a "follow up" on athletes that should, but didn't make it. Example: when I ran track in high school the guys smoking under the bleachers would have enough natural ability to kick my ass in the race. In junior college and by University they were facing other guys that not only had matured, and wanted it badly, but Vietnam veterans that were now in the early twenties, and kick THEIR ass for the follow up scholarship to USC.
@@Paul-ek5lu To just qualify. He never worked hard in being popular and being first in ALL his races...just cared about the money. lol He only tried hard at the big money races..:)
I grew up watching the exploits of Morceli, Gebreselassie and El Guerrouj, but Komen’s world records astonished me like no other. It’s amazing how forgotten he is, a work colleague of mine is a very keen runner, we once got talking about the 4min mile and I mentioned Komen’s sub 8min 2 mile, he’d never heard of such a feat and could hardly believe it.
As Moroccans Koman was a total nightmare for us. he was a problem for moroccan athletes, we shit our pants when he decided to cahllenge El guerouj in 1500, but thankfully he didn;t succeed i think he came in 6th.
@@saminates2002 just to clarify... he only broke the WR once but he ran under 8 minutes twice. (Well actually he ran under 7:59 twice) www.alltime-athletics.com/m_2miok.htm
@@ig2d I really can't even put this in my head. I watched Colin Baker run 8:55 in the two-mile this year in person and it was insane. I mean the guy was flying and it seems like he sprinted for a solid 9 minute. So trying to imagine Komen finishing before Colin would even start his last lap is absolutely bonkers.
Can’t give enough thumbs up on this one. He’s my favorite runner and a name not mentioned enough amongst the greats. But so tough. Thanks for making this.
Komen: Best 3-5k athlete Kipchoge: Best marathoner Bekele: Best distance athlete Seriously though I had no idea until this video how good Komen actually was
Totally agree with your analysis👍🏽 I think one of the reasons he’s so unknown is he was extremely hot for a short period of time. Guys like Bekele, Farah, etc have had long stints of success, whereas Daniel Komen was like an overnight celebrity. He was hot for 2 years imbetween Olympic cycles
@@elwinwinter i knew you would bring up the 2 hour mark First off it is not an official record Second Bekele did not run the same race for the 2 hour He probably would have done 1:59 as well
Yooooo,this brother was breaking records,that still stand til this day,just to feed his family better ,for good,thats the motivation that broke world records.
Unfortunately his career was very short but probably the greatest talent ever in athletics. Even Bekele, Gebrselassie and El Guerrouj could not break his world records. Thanks for the video!
Just another great running video from you, TRP! You never fall below the level of excellence that your channel provides, so consistently. I am profoundly appreciative and never let down when I click on anything you send up the RUclips pipeline. Thank you. Daniel Komen is always in my mind, but so many people I talk with have never heard of him. You give us all a very good thing to share with them!
Probably the biggest talent of all time, if he had a great staff around that would schedule everything he would be even better I think which is insane. He probably could have gone under 7.20 which is out of this world.
He's amazing... had the honour of meeting him last year as he was the special guest at my son's school for their sports competition. Was an amazing record in Rieti for Tyne 3000 and the emotion watching the pace makers, his fellow Kenyans, encouraging him over the last 500 when they realised what he was about to achieve.
Haile was a king. From the 5000 m to the marathon he just kept on killing records, beating athletes and always had a awesome final sprint and a smile on his face. Kipchoge seems to be the modern Haile.
@@alansamuel2454 Kipchoge isnt the modern haile. Haile has waaayyy more versatility. He broke records everywhere, at every distance. Kipchoge only does this in the marathon. The characters are similar, yes but their simply isnt a modern haile.
The world will end before anyone beats his outdoor records But then again the new wavelights pacing technology and kangaroo shoes are helping athletes break records. Look at how both the men and women's 10000m and 5000m were broken
@@waterproof4403 they help a bit but the main factor is talent and you have to accept that eventually there will be an athlete better than Kenenisa or haile
Moses Kiptanui, Kipchoge Keino, Bernard Lagat and Daniel Komen were the most common names when we were young in Eldoret, Kenya. The millionare runners of our Town.
I believe he also tried to make a comeback a couple different times after he retired, but it was never the same. I do remember watching many of these races on tv, and would be left sitting in awe after realizing what I had just seen and how incredibly fast his splits were and still are. This was definitely a golden time for track and field. His duels with Haile and others were epic! It is very sad that he grew up so poor that he had to rely on running for survival without really enjoying running itself. He was one heck of a talent!
Komen is a legend!!!! He had the 2 mile World record and 3000 meters WR for so long. First person ever to run a 7 minute 2 Mile and first person to break 12:40 in 5000 meters. Great respect !!!! Awesome runner!!!!!
If Komen and Haile Gebrselassie had the wavelights pacing system and the kangaroos shoes his records would have been out of sight. They would be beyond the cosmic horizon
At 5:10 it almost seems like you're suggesting he finished 4th on purpose(?). Be interesting to see a replay of this race - the Kenyan 1996 Olympic trials (national championships?) 5000m final
It's interesting that he never once raced the 10,000 on the track (to my knowledge) as a senior, given that he won the event at the World Juniors. Even if he would not have been as good as he was at 5,000, I would expect that he could have run sub 27 in his prime.
@themcubes I think you never run 2 miles at that intensity to say it as if it was easy to run 30s more. If he could have ran 30s more at that speed it means he would have been able to run the same distance maybe 3 or 5s faster
Wow. I knew nothing about him. What an astonishing runner. I guess without his history of poverty we would never have seen this kind of talent. How could he just give it up! So baffling 😱
indeed! His motivation for the bag and competition just made this athlete an animal! I'm pretty much His Trainings was not anywhere close to current athletes.
Great video, but he didn't immediately disappear after Feb 98. What is interesting is that he spent the majority of that years Golden League season focusing on the 1,500, arguably avoiding Gebrselassie. In '99 he returned to his better suited longer distances with some success. From memory he just lost out to Hissou over 5,000 in well under 13 minutes, but later outsprinted both he and Tergat in another fast 5,000 race mid season. However, in the Seville World Championships he only managed 5th when defending his title, and in 2000 he fell away further, and unfortunately missed qualification for the Sydney Olympics. By the way, that earlier 1997 World Championship wasn't merely a 13:07 run, for it contained back to back FIFTY-EIGHT second laps from Komen, mid-race, which was close to his most astonishing performance.
This record after 28 years is now broken and belongs to Norway i hope Komen congratulated his successor and has a smile on his face that he is alive knowing his impossible record is finally broken.
Ya, he was fun to watch. His 3k records might last a while. If he'd run another 200ish meters in that outdoors 3k the 2 mile record would be closer to 7:50.
They are still talking about what Roger Bannister did. He was a household name when I was growing up. Days later the 4 minute mile was broken again, and then again, and again. Now there is a long list of sub 3:50 guys BUT a Sub 8 minute 2 mile!!! Bannister left no mark on the record books. He was just the first, great. But this guy is one of greatest runners of all time and almost no one knows his name. Tragic!
I would like to see Cheptegei attempt a two mile world record after this Olympic year. He ran 3.1 miles at 4:03 pace. It's very possible he could become the second man ever under 8.
2:50, one of his great rivals, Salah Hissou. Does anyone have any of the Komen-Hissou 5,000 metre battles (of which there were many) from '96-99 that they could upload? Especially Hissou's 12:50.80 from Rome (2nd fastest ever at the time).
Haile Gebrselassie, Nourredine Morceli, Hicham El Guerrouj and Daniel Komen... I idolised them all. They were super athletes who must have had incredible cardiovascular systems... mighty hearts and incredible lungs, not to forget powerful long legs and a long stride lengths. Forget the sprinters (Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis excepted), these were true Gods of the track. Their world record runs thrilled me. Most especially Guerroujs 1500m and Komens 3000m. Someone yet to be born or bawling in a pram WILL break these incredible records... someday ! Until then, I'll enjoy the reruns on video of their incredible world records.
He ran for survival of his life and family for a better life .once he archive his goal then he stopped .'' stopped when you are done not when you are tired '' .
Whether the fruit juice allegations are true or not, I do believe that Komen was the most talented distance runner ever. He did not max out his potential on the track the way Geb or KB did. He had the potential to run a 1235 5k, and who knows what he could have done in the 10k...
You should make an updated video to this. Funny cos "they" have stated the indoor was the mount everest of records, but it is that outdoor record that has stood.
You're welcome. The guy was an absolute beast and his times deserve more appreciation. I've always found him as such a mystical athlete so a mini documentary was necessary. Thanks for watching!
Great video! Though I must say isn’t epo in the question here? Insanely fast times out of nowhere. Great decline quickly... this was epo era where detection wasn’t possible when done correctly ex: Tour de France 1990s (it was ridiculous). Long distance runners (especially in Africa where access is very easy) starting using epo and running insane times that are just starting to be approached...
99.999% sure this is the case. This was just before the first EPO tests were coming in, so it’s the sweet spot of availability, evidence of effectiveness/relative safety, competition being almost all on it, and a slight fight back by the authorities
The only athlete who could broke the legendary 3000m world record if he focused more in this distance was the other legend Hicham Elguerouj, actually he ran the outdoor 3000m just once and set the second fastest time in history 3 seconds behind komen
@cyoungrun1 All names u mentioned tried several times and didnt succeed to went under 7.25 And why r u comparing pace of different distances, how dumb my opinion if i say Bolt will set an hour 7 minutes due to his 9.58s in 100m so it doesnt make sense
Proof? He never tested positive for any banned substance. Kenyans are known for their freak genetics when it comes to long distance running. “The juice” runs naturally in their veins.
@@randomdude239 are you kidding? He ran before testing for epo! You haven't paid any attention to the dozens of positives , long bans from Kenya in last few years, even months! Currently there are 21 Kenyan Middle/Long distance runners serving bans , mainly for epo, that shows the recklesness of their doping system. Those are mainly in at competition tests! Imagine if the WADA testers were allowed to appear a ttheir "training camps" in Kenya/Ethiopia. You wouldn't have a sport and all the white guys would be just as fast for a change! Oh I said 21....that's beginning with the letter K only.
Alberto and N L, you guys are just haters. Get off the man's cock. And stop being jealous because you are both fatasses that tire quickly when walking 25 to 50 ft. Somehow y'all manage to get an enormous amount of energy when walking to the refrigerator or going to a fast food joint. If you guys are mad that the man has a happy married life is not gay, get over it. I'm certain there are some gay men out there that digs fatties. Get in shape and beat the man's record and become rich and famous. Then you guys can have all the spotlight. Kuhpeesh?
Hicham El Gerrouj best ever middle distance track athlete Bekele best ever long distance track athlete komen best ever middle-to-long distance track athlete
Daniel komen him self corrected those who thought that his indoor 3000m world record was the mount Everest of long distance running when he said it was not... Instead he said it was the 3000m outdoor world record that up to today stands at 7:20.67
It's such a shame that Komen didn't get to run in the 1996 Olympics. I'm certain he would've crushed the field in the 5000m. And when the 2000 Olympics was held, he was already past his prime (at only 24 years old). His merits are a gold medal and a 5th place from the world championships (in 1997 and 1999). But what really stands out are his times/records, and his defeat of Haile. He's also the fastest Kenyans BY FAR in the 3k, 2 miles, and 5k. In the 3000 he's 6.51 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Kiptanui), in the 2 miles he's 7.87 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Koech), and in the 5000m he's 6.79 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Kipchoge). Komen was made of something else. One of the all-time G.O.A.T.s in track and field history.
Yes he probably would have won in Atlanta, but if he had competed there he maybe wouldn't have been so fresh afterwards as he was when he didn't participate. That's a good summation of Komens career as a senior. He also the won the world junior championships at 5 and 10.000m in -94. And was 2nd at the world junior cross country championships in -94.
Kenya is known for producing gifted talents such that it becomes so difficult for one to defend his or her title at the global events.. Komen knew this fact and decided to make hay while the sun was shining bright..rather than wait to be upstaged at the olympics or world championships and loose the bonuses that comes with being a record holder or one having the worlds fastest time..he made sure that he ran away with all that was in the offing as fast as he could..that was a good strategy
Komen est une supernova qui illuminera l'espace encore longtemps, sinon pour toujours... Aucun athlète, parmi les meilleurs du monde n'est en mesure d'approcher les records de l'immense Daniel Komen !
Hey, I just revisited this video which I watched years ago and WOW! Ingebrigtsen 7:17:55, 7:54.10 and Lamecha Girma 7:23.81! Guess we were all wrong : )
There shall never be another Daniel komen in athletics.going by his achievements, it could only be derived from his first name,endurance,discipline and all good n bad things from his bible model,a man after records in athletics.
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He ran for his life, you can’t get more motivation than that
That Guy ikr
@That Guy And his life helped him to prepare, indeed. At my own peak, I trained 100 to 112 miles each week, but I never had that 20k per day that Komen had in his youth, just running to school and back. Daniel Komen remains, unquestionably, one of the greatest runners in history. It is cruel that this same history forgets the bright flame when it brightly glows for only two to three years. Missing the Atlanta Olympic Games may have contributed to this, of course, but the Kenyan Government could have done more for such an amazing talent. Greed corrupts and poverty kills; it is one hell of a travesty.
@@libradragon piss off man
@@techguy2696 lol
"He ran for his life". The insinuation is insulting. I'm a Kenyan. A proud one. Respect.
When people talk about the love of the sport, don't forget survival comes first. He showed that he's a monster on the track, retired and lives a happy life. What else can you ask for in life? He went from rags to riches and I'm happy for him
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100%!!!
Exactly!! There is nothing wrong, most of us would have done the same, it’s impossible for us to understand what these athletes have to go through...
It’s just a pity because who knows what he could have done, maybe he could have become the all time goat and we wouldn’t be talking about Gebrselassie, Bekele or Kipchoge.
@@davidms3729 im sure He would have been on the list of The Greatest runners of all time. He still is now.
Kenenisa
Haile
And Komen are the absolute greatest
He's a very underrated legend
Abdullah Abdul Rahman Look that word up in a dictionary please.
How is a multiple world record holder underrated and by who??
@@MrSupernova111 Mainstream media. Getting records aren't ratings - those are just statistical facts. Many people today who follow track & field have barely heard the name Daniel Komen.
@@kimmern999. That can be said for any athlete of the past. People in general don't research anything. Doesn't make past champions underrated. You can't rate something if you're not aware of it. Common sense should apply when using words like "underrated."
@@MrSupernova111 Yup not many have heard of Paavo Nurmi but have heard of Jesse Owens. Doesn't make one less of a legend.
the most badass part about him is that in an interview he was asked how he deals with pre-race nervousness and he was confused not because he didnt understand the question but because he didnt understand what it was like to be nervous before a race. unfortunately he didnt love running, he loved to party and blew his money like crazy.
djiboutiftw the enemy number one ☝️ that knockdown most super talents is indiscipline May be accentuated by lack of education
He is now a VERY successful entrepreneur....with multiple sources of income..just saying...
@@georgeikinya2779 exc. point; how many US athletes get told when they're 13 that they're the next big thing, and then think it's going to just fall into their lap??? All the athlete commentary shows on US television should perhaps do a "follow up" on athletes that should, but didn't make it. Example: when I ran track in high school the guys smoking under the bleachers would have enough natural ability to kick my ass in the race. In junior college and by University they were facing other guys that not only had matured, and wanted it badly, but Vietnam veterans that were now in the early twenties, and kick THEIR ass for the follow up scholarship to USC.
@@georgeikinya2779 he just wanted the bag and got a a few world records of the way
Stolen comment but true
@@dwightstjohn6927 lol
Happy to say Jacob just beat his 2 miles record by 4 seconds😮
He chased a bag and got a few WRs on the way.
The 4th place for olympic tryouts was on purpose. Smart dude.
@@gdaebb9179 Drugs?
On god lol
@@gdaebb9179 Smart how? i dont get it..
@@Paul-ek5lu To just qualify. He never worked hard in being popular and being first in ALL his races...just cared about the money. lol He only tried hard at the big money races..:)
I grew up watching the exploits of Morceli, Gebreselassie and El Guerrouj, but Komen’s world records astonished me like no other. It’s amazing how forgotten he is, a work colleague of mine is a very keen runner, we once got talking about the 4min mile and I mentioned Komen’s sub 8min 2 mile, he’d never heard of such a feat and could hardly believe it.
That is because his career was so short. In 1996 & 97, there was no better runner!
As Moroccans Koman was a total nightmare for us. he was a problem for moroccan athletes, we shit our pants when he decided to cahllenge El guerouj in 1500, but thankfully he didn;t succeed i think he came in 6th.
That 3000m run (1996) gives me goosebumps all over. To me, that has always been the best world record in the history of sports.
Of course.maybe 3.26 in 1500m.hicham is also an incredibil legend
Two mile record is uncomprehensible
and he did it twice!
ig2d He did???? I thought it was only once
@@saminates2002 just to clarify... he only broke the WR once but he ran under 8 minutes twice. (Well actually he ran under 7:59 twice)
www.alltime-athletics.com/m_2miok.htm
@@ig2d I really can't even put this in my head. I watched Colin Baker run 8:55 in the two-mile this year in person and it was insane. I mean the guy was flying and it seems like he sprinted for a solid 9 minute. So trying to imagine Komen finishing before Colin would even start his last lap is absolutely bonkers.
Not really. Bekele ran 4:03 for the 5k. That seems harder to believe. Also the 7:20 3k is much better as well
The fact that this is the first time hearing of him makes this vid even more awesome. Subbed
I'm happy for him, he chose his family over fame. God bless him!
Can’t give enough thumbs up on this one. He’s my favorite runner and a name not mentioned enough amongst the greats. But so tough.
Thanks for making this.
Komen: Best 3-5k athlete
Kipchoge: Best marathoner
Bekele: Best distance athlete
Seriously though I had no idea until this video how good Komen actually was
Totally agree with your analysis👍🏽
I think one of the reasons he’s so unknown is he was extremely hot for a short period of time.
Guys like Bekele, Farah, etc have had long stints of success, whereas Daniel Komen was like an overnight celebrity.
He was hot for 2 years imbetween Olympic cycles
El Guerrouj: best miler
Bekele ran 1:01:41 in Berlin marathon
2 seconds less than Kipchoge
Its a joke
He is just as fast as kipchoge
@@שריאללרר 5 years of being unbeaten and the first to ever break 2 VS someone with one good race.
@@elwinwinter i knew you would bring up the 2 hour mark
First off it is not an official record
Second Bekele did not run the same race for the 2 hour
He probably would have done 1:59 as well
Yooooo,this brother was breaking records,that still stand til this day,just to feed his family better ,for good,thats the motivation that broke world records.
Unfortunately his career was very short but probably the greatest talent ever in athletics. Even Bekele, Gebrselassie and El Guerrouj could not break his world records. Thanks for the video!
Bekele could have. He didn't try enough. He didn't even try to lower his 5000m world record
Just another great running video from you, TRP! You never fall below the level of excellence that your channel provides, so consistently. I am profoundly appreciative and never let down when I click on anything you send up the RUclips pipeline. Thank you. Daniel Komen is always in my mind, but so many people I talk with have never heard of him. You give us all a very good thing to share with them!
glad someone finally is talking about this guy
He’s so underrated man
Daniel Komen will forever be a GOAT to me 🇰🇪
What about bolt
@@darkness1978 GOAT sprinter 100%. Distance running is a different beast though.
Probably the biggest talent of all time, if he had a great staff around that would schedule everything he would be even better I think which is insane. He probably could have gone under 7.20 which is out of this world.
He's amazing... had the honour of meeting him last year as he was the special guest at my son's school for their sports competition. Was an amazing record in Rieti for Tyne 3000 and the emotion watching the pace makers, his fellow Kenyans, encouraging him over the last 500 when they realised what he was about to achieve.
this video gives you an idea of how good Haile was, too. He was one of the worlds best in the 3-5k AND 10k-Marathon for most of his carreer.
Haile's Sydney Olympic 10,000m will remain the most amazing finishing in history
Haile was a king. From the 5000 m to the marathon he just kept on killing records, beating athletes and always had a awesome final sprint and a smile on his face. Kipchoge seems to be the modern Haile.
@@alansamuel2454 Kipchoge isnt the modern haile. Haile has waaayyy more versatility. He broke records everywhere, at every distance. Kipchoge only does this in the marathon.
The characters are similar, yes but their simply isnt a modern haile.
@@derroboterdelfin3427 True. I meant it in terms of character traits.
@@alansamuel2454 yes, thats right.
Thank you for longest time holding this record now officialy break ..the crown is givin to norway.jacob.. Thank you komen....
The indoor WR is beatable and so is the 2 mile but his outdoor 3000 record is on another level that Komen himself could not even replicate.
The world will end before anyone beats his outdoor records
But then again the new wavelights pacing technology and kangaroo shoes are helping athletes break records. Look at how both the men and women's 10000m and 5000m were broken
@@waterproof4403 not because of shoes or lights
@@henryhobert5761 that's exactly why
@@waterproof4403 they help a bit but the main factor is talent and you have to accept that eventually there will be an athlete better than Kenenisa or haile
@@henryhobert5761 well so far that hasn't been an athlete better than them
He left the announcers in complete awe! The guy had an immense stamina. This was Komen...a very underrated hero
Moses Kiptanui, Kipchoge Keino, Bernard Lagat and Daniel Komen were the most common names when we were young in Eldoret, Kenya. The millionare runners of our Town.
jesse shadrack damn you just took me way back to my high school days. Moses Kiptanui was my idol when it came to running the steeple chase.
Deathfromabove used to school with his son in Eldoret Preparatory(junior academy) in Elgon View.
I believe he also tried to make a comeback a couple different times after he retired, but it was never the same.
I do remember watching many of these races on tv, and would be left sitting in awe after realizing what I had just seen and how incredibly fast his splits were and still are.
This was definitely a golden time for track and field. His duels with Haile and others were epic!
It is very sad that he grew up so poor that he had to rely on running for survival without really enjoying running itself. He was one heck of a talent!
He reminds me of the Legendary Henry Kipwambok Rono!
Which world record is more impressive?
Komen's Indoor 3000m - 7:24.90
Komen's Outdoor 3000m - 7:20.67 or....
Komen's 2 Mile Run - 7:58.61?
All of them
Running two sub 4 minute miles back to back is almost inconceivable. Very few can ever do it once let alone twice.
I'd say the 2 mile
The 2 mile run
2 mile definitely
Shameful that I am Kenyan but i didnt know about Daniel Komen until this video.
You will nt know if you are not fun or passionate about athletic bt atlist u know
Boy you were young. Daniel Komen is a legend. You dont have to know him.. but his records talk about him
Do you know about Ben Jipcho? Henry Rono? Samson Kimombwa? Yobes Ondieki? Moses Kiptanui? Richard Chelimo? William Sigei? Paul Tergat? Noah Ng'eny?
Shame on you.
Mi pia bana.
Komen is a legend!!!! He had the 2 mile World record and 3000 meters WR for so long. First person ever to run a 7 minute 2 Mile and first person to break 12:40 in 5000 meters. Great respect !!!! Awesome runner!!!!!
If Komen and Haile Gebrselassie had the wavelights pacing system and the kangaroos shoes his records would have been out of sight. They would be beyond the cosmic horizon
Bout to hit 50k baby!
At 5:10 it almost seems like you're suggesting he finished 4th on purpose(?). Be interesting to see a replay of this race - the Kenyan 1996 Olympic trials (national championships?) 5000m final
Definitely it was on purpose my guess too
His management crew was definitely interested in money.........poor boy; he was used to his last sweat!
This guy's a legend! OMG!
Love your videos, man!
Eventually these records will be broken “no human is limited”
Jordan B you put too much stock in humanity, my friend
If you have nothing good to say ,keep quite.
Lazarus Ramaube I honestly hate that expression
That's how it is.
@@lazarusramaube8291 damn imma run 5 second mara then. i aint limited
It's interesting that he never once raced the 10,000 on the track (to my knowledge) as a senior, given that he won the event at the World Juniors. Even if he would not have been as good as he was at 5,000, I would expect that he could have run sub 27 in his prime.
He ran 27.38 at 10.000m in Bruxelles 2002. And in 1995 he ran just above 28min also in Bruxelles.
The beats are really awesome. Here I am saying it again. Just awesome.
if he continued for an extra 218m on his 3000m wr, his projected 2 mile time was 7:52...
madness
If usain Bolt had continued to run for 42,095km after his world record on 100m dash he would have smashed marathon world record
@@alexandregranger7379 one is 420 times longer, the other is 30 seconds
@themcubes I think you never run 2 miles at that intensity to say it as if it was easy to run 30s more.
If he could have ran 30s more at that speed it means he would have been able to run the same distance maybe 3 or 5s faster
Alexandre GRANGER
But HE COULD have run faster. ...
Had he gotten better pacemakers.
Oh yeah. Nobody could pace for him because he’s too fast.
Ha, ya amazing stuff
Grande atleta grandes recordes , obrigado por compartilhar esse vídeo 🙌
Stellar content as always.
Thanks. Daniel Komen will not soon be forgotten.
The record for the 3000m is like the records on the 100m(for both gender) - nearly impossible to break
He was an absolute joy to watch. Beautiful calm running style, yet he was doing some serious pace!
When the world needed him most, he vanished
amritbanga bruh didn’t you go to bothell
He isnt the avatar!!
Keanu Reeves ya lmao who are u
Then the fire nation atracked
..and everything change
Wow. I knew nothing about him. What an astonishing runner. I guess without his history of poverty we would never have seen this kind of talent. How could he just give it up! So baffling 😱
indeed! His motivation for the bag and competition just made this athlete an animal! I'm pretty much His Trainings was not anywhere close to current athletes.
He came
He conquered
He left
Damn!
he broke world records just for his family. loved it. great story.
Thanks for the beautiful video
Great video, but he didn't immediately disappear after Feb 98. What is interesting is that he spent the majority of that years Golden League season focusing on the 1,500, arguably avoiding Gebrselassie. In '99 he returned to his better suited longer distances with some success. From memory he just lost out to Hissou over 5,000 in well under 13 minutes, but later outsprinted both he and Tergat in another fast 5,000 race mid season. However, in the Seville World Championships he only managed 5th when defending his title, and in 2000 he fell away further, and unfortunately missed qualification for the Sydney Olympics. By the way, that earlier 1997 World Championship wasn't merely a 13:07 run, for it contained back to back FIFTY-EIGHT second laps from Komen, mid-race, which was close to his most astonishing performance.
Thanks for this bit of knowledge!
Thanks for the awesome education you're providing here!
One of the greatest! pity, a very short career
The only man to break the all mighty LEGEND
Great video, very well put together!
This record after 28 years is now broken and belongs to Norway i hope Komen congratulated his successor and has a smile on his face that he is alive knowing his impossible record is finally broken.
The greatest talent ever on 3000m and 5000m.
Ya, he was fun to watch. His 3k records might last a while. If he'd run another 200ish meters in that outdoors 3k the 2 mile record would be closer to 7:50.
Yess that's what I think about every time I watch his 3k races. It's INSANE
Keep in mind that would be 3200m not 2 miles
@@olivermichell3953 so at that pace 7:52ish. Still a lot faster than his 7:58
@@cakej1 if I were to guess I would say 7:56-7:57 given the extra 210 ish meters plus the slight pace adjustment for the extra distance. But who knows
Anyone here after Jakob took down Komen’s final standing WR in the 3k?
Was looking for this
Do you think you could do a video about the greatest rivalries in the history of athletics?
Just running 2 laps under 60 seconds is a feat itself!
Truely amazing video. Amazing story :I still need to investigate if he was on EPO as there were no tests for EPO at the time
what a beast, i had no idea
Me neither.
They are still talking about what Roger Bannister did. He was a household name when I was growing up. Days later the 4 minute mile was broken again, and then again, and again. Now there is a long list of sub 3:50 guys BUT a Sub 8 minute 2 mile!!! Bannister left no mark on the record books. He was just the first, great. But this guy is one of greatest runners of all time and almost no one knows his name. Tragic!
I would like to see Cheptegei attempt a two mile world record after this Olympic year. He ran 3.1 miles at 4:03 pace. It's very possible he could become the second man ever under 8.
Yeah with kangaroo shoes and wavelight technology
@@waterproof4403 LMFAO and fresh pacers every 400m
2:50, one of his great rivals, Salah Hissou. Does anyone have any of the Komen-Hissou 5,000 metre battles (of which there were many) from '96-99 that they could upload? Especially Hissou's 12:50.80 from Rome (2nd fastest ever at the time).
“May never be broken” I like how you caught yourself there lol
This is Greatest STRIKE OF ALL TIME. GOAT of Middle Distance
Haile Gebrselassie, Nourredine Morceli, Hicham El Guerrouj and Daniel Komen... I idolised them all. They were super athletes who must have had incredible cardiovascular systems... mighty hearts and incredible lungs, not to forget powerful long legs and a long stride lengths. Forget the sprinters (Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis excepted), these were true Gods of the track. Their world record runs thrilled me. Most especially Guerroujs 1500m and Komens 3000m. Someone yet to be born or bawling in a pram WILL break these incredible records... someday ! Until then, I'll enjoy the reruns on video of their incredible world records.
He ran for survival of his life and family for a better life .once he archive his goal then he stopped .'' stopped when you are done not when you are tired '' .
Thanks for a really great video :) excellent narration
Whether the fruit juice allegations are true or not, I do believe that Komen was the most talented distance runner ever. He did not max out his potential on the track the way Geb or KB did. He had the potential to run a 1235 5k, and who knows what he could have done in the 10k...
You should make an updated video to this.
Funny cos "they" have stated the indoor was the mount everest of records, but it is that outdoor record that has stood.
Thank you TRP. Very few Kenyans know about KOMEN.
You're welcome. The guy was an absolute beast and his times deserve more appreciation. I've always found him as such a mystical athlete so a mini documentary was necessary. Thanks for watching!
He my favorite athlete In track and field.
Coming to think of it, seems like the 1990s was a decade for middle distance running
Outstanding I don’t even know what to say
Great video! Though I must say isn’t epo in the question here? Insanely fast times out of nowhere. Great decline quickly... this was epo era where detection wasn’t possible when done correctly ex: Tour de France 1990s (it was ridiculous). Long distance runners (especially in Africa where access is very easy) starting using epo and running insane times that are just starting to be approached...
pablo gonzalez Agreed. I am also a sceptic of Daniel Komen and his ‘unbreakable’ records..
It’s possible
Especially in africa where access is very easy? 😂😂😂 what are you smoking
99.999% sure this is the case. This was just before the first EPO tests were coming in, so it’s the sweet spot of availability, evidence of effectiveness/relative safety, competition being almost all on it, and a slight fight back by the authorities
Palblo gonzalez... guess who is still breaking world records to this day?... Africans
The only athlete who could broke the legendary 3000m world record if he focused more in this distance was the other legend Hicham Elguerouj, actually he ran the outdoor 3000m just once and set the second fastest time in history 3 seconds behind komen
@cyoungrun1
All names u mentioned tried several times and didnt succeed to went under 7.25
And why r u comparing pace of different distances, how dumb my opinion if i say Bolt will set an hour 7 minutes due to his 9.58s in 100m so it doesnt make sense
Our unsung hero.
Proud to be training with his coach ...this time sprints
Running to survive. That was his power...
Nostalgia of the epo years. This man seemed more a lab experiment than an athlete
Proof? He never tested positive for any banned substance. Kenyans are known for their freak genetics when it comes to long distance running. “The juice” runs naturally in their veins.
@@randomdude239 are you kidding? He ran before testing for epo! You haven't paid any attention to the dozens of positives , long bans from Kenya in last few years, even months! Currently there are 21 Kenyan Middle/Long distance runners serving bans , mainly for epo, that shows the recklesness of their doping system. Those are mainly in at competition tests! Imagine if the WADA testers were allowed to appear a ttheir "training camps" in Kenya/Ethiopia. You wouldn't have a sport and all the white guys would be just as fast for a change! Oh I said 21....that's beginning with the letter K only.
Alberto and N L, you guys are just haters. Get off the man's cock. And stop being jealous because you are both fatasses that tire quickly when walking 25 to 50 ft. Somehow y'all manage to get an enormous amount of energy when walking to the refrigerator or going to a fast food joint. If you guys are mad that the man has a happy married life is not gay, get over it. I'm certain there are some gay men out there that digs fatties. Get in shape and beat the man's record and become rich and famous. Then you guys can have all the spotlight. Kuhpeesh?
Hicham El Gerrouj best ever middle distance track athlete
Bekele best ever long distance track athlete
komen best ever middle-to-long distance track athlete
ig2d Kipchoge best marathoner
Moral of the story... money is the best motivator
His motivation for money was never to buy a Ferrari or a Rolex. Money to be able provide his family a better life.
Nah.
Pround kenyan ever
Daniel komen him self corrected those who thought that his indoor 3000m world record was the mount Everest of long distance running when he said it was not... Instead he said it was the 3000m outdoor world record that up to today stands at 7:20.67
That was very well put together.Im not even into running but I apreicate a genous.
Edit;shit,ironic I spelt bloody genious wrong.
I certainly aint one
Greatest middle distance runner EVER....! PERIOD.
I believe they call that “explosive diarrhea” XD
Great video, thanks for that.
It's such a shame that Komen didn't get to run in the 1996 Olympics. I'm certain he would've crushed the field in the 5000m. And when the 2000 Olympics was held, he was already past his prime (at only 24 years old). His merits are a gold medal and a 5th place from the world championships (in 1997 and 1999). But what really stands out are his times/records, and his defeat of Haile. He's also the fastest Kenyans BY FAR in the 3k, 2 miles, and 5k. In the 3000 he's 6.51 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Kiptanui), in the 2 miles he's 7.87 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Koech), and in the 5000m he's 6.79 seconds ahead of the 2nd fastest Kenyan (Kipchoge). Komen was made of something else. One of the all-time G.O.A.T.s in track and field history.
Yes he probably would have won in Atlanta, but if he had competed there he maybe wouldn't have been so fresh afterwards as he was when he didn't participate. That's a good summation of Komens career as a senior. He also the won the world junior championships at 5 and 10.000m in -94. And was 2nd at the world junior cross country championships in -94.
@@magnuslundberg9675 kenyas greatest runner
For real
Kenya is known for producing gifted talents such that it becomes so difficult for one to defend his or her title at the global events..
Komen knew this fact and decided to make hay while the sun was shining bright..rather than wait to be upstaged at the olympics or world championships and loose the bonuses that comes with being a record holder or one having the worlds fastest time..he made sure that he ran away with all that was in the offing as fast as he could..that was a good strategy
Komen est une supernova qui illuminera l'espace encore longtemps, sinon pour toujours... Aucun athlète, parmi les meilleurs du monde n'est en mesure d'approcher les records de l'immense Daniel Komen !
Holy shiet the zoom in on his face at 1:27, look at the jaundice in his eyes 😂 My man's been juicin
No
Hey, I just revisited this video which I watched years ago and WOW! Ingebrigtsen 7:17:55, 7:54.10 and Lamecha Girma 7:23.81! Guess we were all wrong : )
05:53 Komen's 2 mile race on July 14, 1996 was in Lappeenranta, Finland, not in Sweden.
World recrods are all up for grabs, but there is one Olympic record that might never be broken; Bob Beamon's 29.2 feet long jump.
Beamons record was broken by Mike Powell in 1991
At 9:03 it's 4:53, because the split was 4:53,18 min at 2'000 m.
There shall never be another Daniel komen in athletics.going by his achievements, it could only be derived from his first name,endurance,discipline and all good n bad things from his bible model,a man after records in athletics.
THE RECORD STILL STANDS
And will continue stand.
@@AnthonyMcqueen1987 not the indoor 3k anymore lol
@@tomascanevaro4292 Yeah I know but the outdoor record is a whole different level.