30 Seconds With Edwin Moses: Understanding Racing Mechanics

Photo Edwin Moses follows Formula One. Credit Feng Li/Getty Images for Laure Edwin Moses, 59, won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. From 1977 to 1987, he won 122 consecutive races and set the world record four times. In 2000, he was elected the first chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization designed to increase participation in sports and to promote sports as a tool for social change. Moses graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in physics and industrial engineering. He worked as an engineer at General Dynamics in the cruise missile program before devoting himself to sports full time. He has long been a fan of Formula One racing. Since 2000, Mercedes has been a sponsor of Laureus, giving Moses a door to the Formula One paddock. The questions and answers below have been edited and condensed.

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