The number 999 is burned into Edwin Moses’s psyche. He holds the greatest winning streak in athletics for, as a two-times Olympic champion over 400m hurdles, Moses was unbeaten for nine years, nine months and nine days.
From August 1977 to June 1987, he won 122 consecutive races but the worldly American, who is also a physicist and the chairman emeritus of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, has spent enough time in other countries, such as Britain, to know 999 is also the number to call in an emergency.
Written by Donald McRae
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/06/edwin-moses-interview-donald-mcrae-athletics under the title “Edwin Moses: ‘We all knew doping was happening … it was a dark period in athletics’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
