The Greatest, Fakest World Record
History’s best marathoner has broken a mythical time barrier. But it doesn’t count as a world record.
Paul Bisceglio
Paul Bisceglio is a deputy editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Health, Science, and Technology sections.
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