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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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In Cool and Wet Conditions, Tactical Races Rule Day One in Stuttgart
Posted September 13th, 2008 at 2:17 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Tactical victories by Meseret Defar and Bernard Lagat were the key performances on the middle & long distance program of the first day of the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final on Saturday.
Defar bounced back from a pair of stinging defeats to take the 5000m in 14:53.82 to edge Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot (14:54.60), to avenge her loss of a week ago in Brussels over the same distance. The Kenyan led much of the race before Defar took over with just over 200m to go, covering the final lap in 58.7. Defar, who this event in 2005, will come back on Sunday and line up in the 3000.
Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia, the World Indoor 3000m silver medalist third in 14:58.76.
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U.S. stars invade Shanghai
Posted September 27th, 2007 at 3:30 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Team USA standouts Tyson Gay, Sanya Richards, Jeremy Wariner, Michelle Perry, Allen Johnson and Lauryn Williams will lead an accomplished group of U.S. stars Friday at the 2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in China.
This third edition of the Golden Grand Prix in Shanghai has been designated as a qualifying event for the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2008. Competing athletes at the meet will have the opportunity to get an early start on qualifying for next year’s final, to be held September 13-14.
Current world and U.S. men’s 100m and 200m champion Tyson Gay will compete in the 100 meters in a field that includes fellow Americans JJ Johnson and Marcus Brunson. The men’s 110m hurdles also should prove interesting as four-time world champion Allen Johnson and 2007 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist David Payne do battle with world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion Liu Xiang, who will compete in front of an enthusiastic hometown audience.
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Richards, Walker and Jeter win at World Athletics Final
Posted September 24th, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sanya Richards closed out her European season in style Sunday, winning the women’s 400 in the second and final day of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
Richards continued in her impressive string of world-leading wins in the women’s 400. Coming off world leaders in the last three Golden League meets, Richards dropped another WL on Sunday with her time of 49.27, tying her winning time from Berlin last Sunday. Novlene Williams of Jamaica was second in 50.12; American Mary Wineberg was seventh in 50.73.
World champion Brad Walker continued his excellence in the men’s pole vault. As the only person in the field to clear 5.91m/19-5.75, Walker topped the rest of the field by 5 cm. American Jeff Hartwig placed sixth in the field with 5.70m/18-8.25.
World Outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted her second big win of the season, taking the women’s 100 in 11.10, with Osaka 200m gold medalist Allyson Felix second in 11.15 and World Outdoor 100m silver medalist Lauryn Williams fifth in 11.31. Jeter also won the 100 in Berlin last Sunday.
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Robles’ 12.92 Caps Stellar Day Two in Stuttgart
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 3:18 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
A slew of sensational performances, topped by Dayron Robles’ 12.92 victory in the 110m hurdles, highlighted a thoroughly entertaining second and final day of the 5th IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final in Stuttgart this afternoon.
Continuing his impressive late season campaign, the 20-year-old Cuban slashed the year-old meet record set by Liu Xiang, leaving thoughts of “what might have been” had the Chinese world record been here to defend his title. It was also a personal best and national record for Robles –he ran 13.00 here last year– in this his fifth victory in as many races since his disappointing fourth place showing at the World Championships in Osaka. Robles is now tied as the fourth fastest hurdler in history.
American David Payne, the Osaka bronze medallist, was second in 13.08, ahead of Osaka silver medallist Terrence Trammell (13.15).
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Defar Impresses, Soi Completes Double in Stuttgart
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 2:53 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Meseret Defar produced an impressive front-running victory in the 3000 while Edwin Soi became the first man to capture the 300/5000m double to highlight the second and concluding day of the 5th IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final.
After a slew of world records and bests, her first world title and an undefeated season, Defar raced as though she wanted to get her 2007 campaign over as quickly as possible. And that’s precisely what the 23-year-old Ethiopian did with her captivating 8:27.24 gun-to-tape victory.
Taking control of the race from the gun, she upped the tempo throughout before covering the second half in just over 4:10 and the final kilometre in 2:45.22. But in Defar’s personal universe, the year’s second fastest performance wasn’t all that fast.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Men’s 110m Hurdles
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Cuban Dayron Robles, 4th place finisher at Osaka, was rounding into peak form coming into the 5th IAAF World Athletics Final. Xiang Liu of China was not in the race, but Terrence Trammell, Osaka silver medalist and David Payne, Osaka bronze medalist, were in Stuttgart.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Women’s 3000m
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 10:12 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The women’s 5000m was to be one of the highlights of the 5th IAAF World Athletics Final. Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar, the world record holder (14:16.63), was in the race, as was Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot. Defar had an audacious sprint at the gun, opening up a 10m lead after just 200m. She then settled down, allowing Cheruiyot to catch up.
Defar passed the 1000m mark in 2:51.49, a whopping 6.5 seconds faster than the 1st 1000m of the men’s 5000m race earlier.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Men’s 200m
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 9:55 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Wallace Spearmon was the clear favorite going into the men’s 200m of the 5th IAAF World Athletics Final from Stuttgart, Germany. With a bronze medal from the Osaka world championships to his credit nd a couple of fast recent times of 19.88 (Brussels) and 19.82 (Berlin), the race was his for the taking, especially since gold medalist Tyson Gay and silver medalist Usain Bolt were not in the race. Rodney Martin, 4th in Osaka, was in the race, too.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Women’s 100m
Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 9:43 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Carmelita Jeter, bronze medalist at Osaka, wasn’t going to have to worry about gold medalist Veronica Campbell (JAM), Campbell deciding to have ended her season. Silver medalist Lauryn Williams was still in the race, though, as was 200m world champion Allyson Felix.
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