Arabs hope for Olympic breakthrough Aug 12, 2008
Fellow countryman Said Aouita also brought home the gold in the 5000m men's marathon. Moroccan talent continued to emerge as athletic sensation Hicham El Guerrouj returned from the 2004 Athens Olympics with two gold medals in the 1500m and 5000m races. (Aljazeera.net)
TRACK AND FIELD / World's fastest human is beaten Powell edges... Jul 23, 2008
" Previous winners of the Dickson Trophy include British great Sebastian Coe, the London Olympic 2012 chairman who watched the race from the stands as a guest of honor; John Walker of New Zealand; Filbert Bayi of Tanzania and Said Aouita of Morocco. Saad Youssef Kamel of Bahrein finished second behind Kaki in 2:14.72, and Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia third in 2:15.50. -- Olympic triple-jump champion Christian Olsson pulled out of the Beijing Games because of a hamstring injury he sustained in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Powell outruns Bolt in 100-meter showdown Jul 23, 2008
Previous winners of the Dickson Trophy include British great Sebastian Coe, the London Olympic 2012 chairman who watched the race from the stands as a guest of honor, John Walker of New Zealand, Filbert Bayi of Tanzania, and Said Aouita of Morocco. Saad Youssef Kamel of Bahrein finished second behind Kaki in 2:14. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
To Scott, his miles of success 'fell short' Mar 3, 2008
Finishing second in the 1,500 at the first-ever IAAF Track & Field World Championships in 1983, against a field that included the winner Steve Cram Steve Ovett and Said Aouita. Scott's most noted disappointments are connected to the Olympics. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Greatest runner of them all Nov 11, 2007
The following year he broke his first world record -- 5,000 meters at a meet in Hengelo, Holland -- surpassing the time set by the Moroccan Said Aouita seven years earlier. 1995 produced further extraordinary success. (CNN -- International)
