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adidas Track Classic: Defar sets new 2-mile world record

Posted May 20th, 2007 at 5:33 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Defar Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar, who set a new 5,000m world record last year, torched the rest of the field in today’s 2 mile race at the adidas Track Classic.

Her time of 9:10:47, although it will still need be ratified by the IAAF, broke the world record set in 1999 of 9:11.97 that had been held by suspected drug user Regina Jacobs.

Defar continued to pick up the pace but had to run the final lap in under 63 seconds to break the record. She was ultimately successfully, running it in about 62 seconds to set the new world record.

Megan Metcalf finsihed second, although that was about 27 seconds after Defar crossed the finished line, and Kara Goucher, who just set a P.R. in the 1500 meter, finished third. Sara Slattery was unable to finish.

Complete results:

1 MESERET DEFAR ETH 9:10.47B
2 MEGAN METCALF CAN 9:37.04
3 KARA GOUCHER USA 9:41.32
4 GEORGIE CLARKE AUS 9:43.53
5 AMY RUDOLPH USA 9:47.88
6 YUAN JIN CHN 9:49.33
7 DESIRAYE OSBURN USA 9:57.26
8 DEIRDRE BYRNE IRL 10:08.40
9 AMY YODER-BEGLEY USA 10:14.23
— MARINA MUNCAN SRB DNF
— RENEE METIVIER-BAILLIE USA DNF
— SARA SLATTERY USA DNF
— KORENE HINDS JAM DNF

For more information, please visit: www.adidastrackclassic.com

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[…] Breaux Greer and Jenn Stuczynski set American records in their respective events Sunday, while Meseret Defar (Pictured below)broke world mark to highlight a day full of top performances at the adidas Track Classic. Held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., the meet is the second event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series. Seven-time U.S. champion Breaux Greer opened up the meet’s first event, the men’s javelin, with a monster first throw that broke his own American record with a heave of 90.71 meters/297 feet 7 inches. The previous record of 87.68m/287-8 was set by Greer in 2004. His effort marks him as the ninth-best performer of all time globally. […]
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