Maria Mutola is the most successful athlete in the 31-year history of the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Maria Mutola, the Mozambican 800m ace, was in Mauritius last week to promote athletics. The 800m star took time out of her schedule to talk to Kamlesh Seeruttun and Reynolds Quirin about the difficult moments in her life, about her parents and her gold medal victory at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Tuesday night in Stockholm, Suzy Favor Hamilton will get into the blocks and prepare to follow up her victory in the 1500m in Oslo last Friday with a win in the 800m in Stockholm’s DN Galan Grand Prix.
Maria Mutola, Daniel Komen and Haile Gebrselassie plan a St Valentines Day world record massacre at the Birmingham indoor grand prix on Sunday.
Maria Mutola of Mozambique ran a world leading mark of 1:58.16 last night to win the women’s 800m in the Brogalan indoor meeting in Malmo, Sweden.
Mozambican powerhouse Maria Lurdes Mutola has set a new women's world record indoors of 1:56.36 in the 800m at the Liévin (France) indoor meeting on Sunday.