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Lead Stories: Saturday, November 22, 2008

New World Champion Will Be Crowned in Men’s 800m

Posted August 31st, 2007 at 11:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

A new world champion will be crowned in the men’s 800m on Sunday as defending champion, Rachid Ramzi of Bahrain (Pictured), finished eighth and last in his heat and was eliminated from the competition.

“My left knee hurt, but this was not the reason why I was last,” Ramzi told IAAF interviewers after tonight’s semi-final race. “I was simply tired. I did not run a lot of races this year and this was already my fifth race at the world championships.”

Ramzi, the double gold medalist at 800m and 1500m in Helsinki, earned the silver medal in the men’s 1500m final on Wednesday, losing in the final sprint to American Bernard Lagat.

“I came here to Osaka only to run the 1500 meters, but when I did not win the gold medal I wanted to give it a try with the 800m,” Ramzi continued. It was my own decision, there was no pressure from the Bahraini federation. This is the rule of sport - one time you win, another time you lose.”
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Wins by Jamal, Sinclair the highlights in chilly Lausanne

Posted July 11th, 2007 at 7:55 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Running in chilly conditions that dipped below 50 degrees F (9 C.), Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Jamaican Kenia Sinclair produced the chief highlights at the Athletissima Super Grand Prix in Lausanne tonight.

After a dismal 13th place finish in Paris last Friday, Jamal was clearly trying to illustrate a point 1500. Running before a supportive hometown crowd –the 22-year-old Ethiopian-born Bahraini has been based in Lausanne since fleeing Ethiopia in 2002– Jamal cruised to a front-running victory in 4:03.61. Never seriously challenged –she had a near four second lead at the bell– Jamal easily held off the late race charge of Ukraine’s Iryna Lishchynska (4:04.27) and Russians Olga Yegorova (4:04.64) and two-time world champion Tatyana Tomashova (4:05.48).

U.S. champion Treniere Clement briefly followed Jamal and pacesetter Olga Komyagina’s solid tempo, but paid for it dearly 800 meters into the race. Fading badly over the final lap and a half, she finished 22nd in the 23 woman field.
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