{"id":273,"date":"2009-02-19T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T18:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theathleteslawyer.com\/cases\/oldest-olympic-marathoner-is-israels-ayele-haile-seteng\/"},"modified":"2009-02-19T10:46:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T18:46:55","slug":"oldest-olympic-marathoner-is-israels-ayele-haile-seteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2009\/02\/19\/oldest-olympic-marathoner-is-israels-ayele-haile-seteng\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Olympic Marathoner is Israel's Ayele (Haile) Seteng"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when I start thinking that I am getting too old to be running in long distance road races, I think of Israeli Marathoner Ayele Seteng. Mr. Seteng, who finished 20th in the Athens marathon in 2004, 19th in the 2007 World Championship in Osaka, Japan, has a personal best in the marathon of 2:14.21, which he ran in Venice in 2003 when he was my age !<\/p>\n

This year in Beijing, he had been injured during the race, but insisted he must finish it. That was true grit. Haile is still the oldest runner ever to finish a world-class marathon. At 52, all his hopes for the future were dependent on Beijing. Mr. Seteng ran a 2:30:07 in Beijing’s heat and pollution. (To see this brave runner after he completed the 26.2 mile event, go to uk.eurosport<\/a>.
\nHaile is an Jew who was rescued from Ethiopia in 1991, as part of Israel’s massive re-patriation effort called Operation Solomon. Airlifted by the Israeli government, Haile found freedom and settled near Tel Aviv. All people, proven Jewish, have “the right to return” to their ancient homeland, and Israel has tried to keep her word, bringing tens of thousands of people “home”. The Jewish state began bringing Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the early 1980s. Most of the world is unaware of the fact that tens of thousands of Ethiopians are living in Israel. Not all the immigrants are skilled, especially those from African countries. Those often illiterate and destitute people have caused great economic strain for Israeli society, for these immigrants need a great many social service safety nets, which are difficult for Israel to provide, especially when it’s money most still mostly be focused on its very survival.<\/p>\n

Consequently, someone like Haile has to do \u0091the best he can’, and as Haile’s gift is running, that’s what he has concentrated on, but it does not give him an income. He is supported by a monthly grant, and it is barely enough for his family of 9 to survive. Friends in the running community also try to help him out financially, and he runs endlessly for “prize money” on tough surfaces that extract a significant toll with extra body stress. Haile is 5 foot 7 inches tall but only weighs only 119 pounds ! He trains all the time, adding 120 miles every week (200km) in his home town of Hadera, near Tel Aviv, since the Athens Games four years ago. Haile (also spelled Ayele) had debated as to how much to jeopardize his Health by running in Beijing’s filthy air. It was a serious risk to his long-term health, and as the sole bread-winner for his family, this was no easy choice. After all, the marathon is more than 26 miles. The international favorite, Haile Gelbrselassie of Ethiopia, and Haile’s friend, decided not to compete for that very reason; Gebrselassie put aside his almost-certain chance for the Olympic gold medal, because Beijing would hurt his Health, but Ayele “Haile” Satayin did not feel he had that choice. For more, go to “Tel Aviv Tomorrow<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just when I start thinking that I am getting too old to be running in long distance road races, I think of Israeli Marathoner Ayele Seteng. Mr. Seteng, who finished 20th in the Athens marathon in 2004, 19th in the 2007 World Championship in Osaka, Japan, has a personal best in the marathon of 2:14.21,…<\/p>\n

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