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Kiplagat Nails Beijing Qualifier Behind Tufa’s 30:38.33 Victory in Nijmegen
Posted June 27th, 2008 at 12:12 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
The third time was a charm for two-time defending world road running champion Lornah Kiplagat.
The Kenyan-born Dutchwoman clocked 31:04.04 in the 10,000m at the Asics Nijmegen Global Athletic meet in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, on Wednesday, well under the Dutch Olympic selection standard of 31:22. She will now join her cousin, Hilda Kibet, on the Beijing squad.
Kiplagat, the world record holder in the half marathon, fell short of the standard at the European Cup 10,000m in Istanbul in April, and dropped out of another race in Utrecht on May 30. She was ill in early June, forced to spend some time in a hospital in Kenya.
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