Nice home-page-linked article on him.
Truer words never spoken, at least for me. I've had many HHHeroes from Davenport to Milburn to AJ, but no other hurdler captured my imagination like Nehemiah. I was always fascinated by his technique, which is why I saw G Foster and C Jackson as 'wrong' - they simply didn't look like Davenport-Milburn-Skeets-AJ (W Ross influence?), especially in arm carriage. I have hurdled for 45 years (!!!), been coaching hurdlers for 16 and the closer I can get myself and my charges to him, the better.
Then there's his anchor leg for Maryland at the Penn Relays.
WOOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOO
Though he no longer holds the world record, nor the American record, and though he never won an Olympic or World Championship gold medal, it still holds true that no other hurdler inspired the sense of awe that Nehemiah inspired.
Then there's his anchor leg for Maryland at the Penn Relays.
WOOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooOOOOO
Comment