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IAAF ratifies world records by Geb and Defar
Posted July 30th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results
The IAAF announced today that they had ratified the following world records:
MEN -
20,000m:
56:26.0, Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), Ostrava, CZE, 27-Jun-2007
Previous: 56:55.6 Arturo Barrios (MEX), La Flèche, FRA, 30-Mar-1991
One Hour:
21,285m, Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), Ostrava, CZE, 27-Jun-2007
Previous: 21,101m, Arturo Barrios (MEX), La Flèche, FRA, 30-Mar-1991
WOMEN -
5000m:
14:16.63, Meseret Defar (ETH), Oslo, NOR, 15-Jun-2007
Previous: 14:24.53 Defar, New York, USA, 03-Jun-2006
One hour world record by Gebrselassie in Ostrava
Posted June 27th, 2007 at 2:49 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results
Haile Gebrselassie added two more world records to his illustrious collection at the Golden Spike Grand Prix tonight in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Knocking off consistent 67 to 68 second laps, the 23-year-old Ethiopian set a new mark in the one hour run, covering 21,285 meters over the course of 60 minutes to break the previous best, 21,101m, set by Mexican Arturo Barrios in La Fléche, France, on March 30, 1991.
“Today is just a fantastic day,” said a beaming Gebrselassie, who said he knew just beyond the half-way point that the record would fall.
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Defar returns, Gebrselassie to chase hour run world record in Ostrava
Posted June 26th, 2007 at 11:10 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
On the track where Kenenisa Bekele succeeded Haile Gebrselassie as the 10,000m world record holder, the fabled Ethiopian and his younger compatriot Meseret Defar are poised to take center stage when the European international season resumes on Wednesday at the 46th Golden Spike Grand Prix in this sprawling eastern Czech city.
Just 12 days after her staggering 14:16.63 world record in Oslo, Defar returns to action again in the 5000. Although the 23-year-old Olympic champion hasn’t promised to take her record down even further, she hasn’t fully dismissed the possibility either.
“I’m in good condition right now,” Defar said. “I ran a very good race in Oslo and I’m hoping to perform well in Ostrava too.”
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