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Bekele wins 3000m and a diamond at DN Galan

Posted August 7th, 2007 at 3:52 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Kenenisa Bekele ran a time of 7 minutes, 25.79 seconds at the DN Galan meet in Stockholm, Sweden, demolishing a world-class field by nearly 10 seconds in the process. Bekele’s time is the 8th fastest 3000m ever run and makes him the 6th fastest 3000m runner of all time, just 5.12 seconds behind Daniel Komen’s world record of 7:20.67 set in 1996. His time was also good enough for a DN Galan diamond, breaking Isaac Songok’s meet record of 7.35.84 by nearly 10 seconds. Three other runners also broke the stadium record.

1 Bekele Kenenisa ETH 7:25.79
2 Cheruiyot Jonas KEN 7:35.44
3 Longosiwa Thomas Pkemei KEN 7:35.64
4 Tegenkamp Matthew USA 7:35.68
5 Maataoui Ali MAR 7:36.70

For complete meet results: [DN Galan]