A row has erupted over ‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook dinner’s ‘report breaking’ run throughout Africa.
The 27-year-old Briton accomplished his epic 10,100-mile-run from South Africa to Tunisia after 352 days on Sunday (07.04.24) however his claims of being the primary individual ever to run the complete size of Africa have been questioned by a small worldwide sporting physique which argues that the feat was truly accomplished 14 years in the past.
The World Runners Affiliation (WRA) – which consists of solely seven members – claims that Danish athlete Jesper Olsen ran the size of Africa in 2010 when he lined 7,949 miles from Egypt to South Africa as a part of an ultramarathon problem through which he ran internationally.
The organisation’s president Phil Essam advised The Day by day Telegraph newspaper: “The WRA recognises Mr Jesper Kenn Olsen of Denmark as the primary individual to have run the complete size of Africa.
“The World Runners Affiliation due to this fact contests the declare made by British nationwide Mr Russ Cook dinner to be the primary individual to run the size of Africa.”
