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Defar’s Distance Double Caps World Athletics Final in Stuttgart
Posted September 14th, 2008 at 7:55 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Bouncing back from personal disappointment at the Olympics Games, Meseret Defar capped her season with a double victory to highlight the second and final day of the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Stuttgart on Sunday.
For the second straight day, Defar outkicked Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot, this time in the 3000m, winning in 8:43.60 to win her fifth straight WAF title over the distance. Cheruiyot, who was fifth in the Olympic Games 5000 and beat Defar in the Brussels 5000 last weekend, led for much of the race until Defar kicked past her with 250 meters to go. Cheruiyot clocked 8:44:64.
In 2008, Defar, 24, last year’s IAAF Athlete of the Year, saw both her world record in the 5000 and her Olympic title in the event fall to her Ethiopian compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba, who did not compete this weekend. This was the second season-capping double for Defar, who also won both events in 2005 in Monaco.
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Runners wow Hayward Field crowd at 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic
Posted June 11th, 2007 at 8:04 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
2007 USA Indoor 3,000m champion Matt Tegenkamp set an American record in front of a standing room only crowd Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., which is the fourth event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series.
Tegenkamp finished third in men’s two mile race in the American record time of 8 minutes 7.07 seconds, which betters the previous American standard of 8:11.48 set here in 2005 by Alan Webb. Tegenkamp was led to the finish line by Australia’s Craig Mottram, who won the race in 8:03.50, which is the sixth-fastest performance all-time in the two-mile. Ethiopia’s Tariku Bekele was the runner-up in 8:04.83, which is the eighth-fastest time ever.
Komen wins amazing Bowerman Mile
Kenyan Daniel K. Komen ran the fastest time ever on American soil to win the signature event of the Nike Prefontaine Classic, the Bowerman Mile. In a race that saw nine competitors finish under the 4-minute barrier, Komen was victorious in a blistering time of 3 minutes 48.28 seconds, which is the fastest time in the world this year. Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat was the runner-up in 3:50.56, which is the fastest time by an American this season.
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