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Shaheen to miss IAAF World Champs with knee injury

Posted July 10th, 2007 at 1:00 PM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Saif Saaeed ShaheenInjury will force Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the two-time defending world champion in the 3000m steeplechase, from retaining his title at next month’s IAAF World Championships in Osaka.

Shaheen, 24, sustained a knee injury just prior to the Prefontaine Classic early last month, forcing him out of races in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and Athens in June. In a statement today, the Kenyan-born world record holder in the event confirmed he’s lost too much training time to compete in Osaka, where he had also planned to contest the 5000 meters.
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Mottram ready to tackle role of ‘The Chased’

Posted July 1st, 2007 at 5:34 PM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results

Craig Mottram NYRR Healthy Kidney 10kBy all indications, Craig Mottram passed the first major 5000m test of the summer with flying colors. The 27-year-old Australian out-maneuvered and ultimately out-kicked the finest field assembled yet this season to take a significant 13:04.97 victory at the 46th running of the Golden Spike Meeting on Wednesday night, a major stepping stone on this year’s road to the World Championships in Osaka.

“It’s great to be able to compete against that field, which is pretty much what I’m going to face at the World Championships, barring a few people who didn’t run tonight,” said, Mottram, the reigning world bronze medallist. “And I was able to control it from the front for the last four or five laps. I wasn’t expecting to do that, but to be able to stay relaxed over the last two laps like I did tonight is something that I’ve probably gained through a bit more experience more than anything else. I probably wouldn’t have been able to do that two years ago. That’s just one added bonus for me now.”
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Big money on the line at IAAF World Championships

Posted May 16th, 2007 at 10:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

The prestige of winning an IAAF World Championships medal will be made even sweeter due to more than USD 7,000,000 in prize money which will be on offer at this year’s meet in Osaka, Aug. 25 through September 2, 2007.

In fact, athletes do not have to win a medal to make prize money. Prize money will be distributed as follows for all events (equal for men and women):
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