Talk:Rik Vercoe

A fact from Rik Vercoe appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 April 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Rik Vercoe gunned down the world record at the 2014 London Marathon for the "fastest runner dressed as a cowboy" but was pipped to the post by the "fastest jockey"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rik Vercoe.

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