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Olympic Champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy has joined the 800m field at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 27, organizers announced today.
It will be the second outing of the year for the 26-year-old Russian who is scheduled to open his season at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., next weekend.
In the eastern […]

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USA Track & Field announced Wednesday the Team USA roster for the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships, held July 11-15, in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
A total of 31 athletes - 16 men and 15 women - will be part of the U.S. delegation for the World Youth Championships. The U.S. roster was based on performance as […]

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Saif Saeed Shaheen, the two-time world champion in the 3000m steeplechase, has joined the field for the 5000m at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 27, organizers announced today.
In Ostrava’s 2003 edition, Shaheen, then running as Kenyan Stephen Cherono, made waves when he upset Hicham El Guerrouj in the Emil […]

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As he begins to piece together his competitive plan on the way to August’s World Championships in Osaka, Craig Mottram believes that it will be an improved, if not new, model that will aim to move him up a notch –or perhaps even two– from his bronze medal finish in the 5000m two years ago.
“I […]

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After winning the last two world titles available to him, Zersenay Tadesse’s chase for this year’s global 10,000m title will begin in earnest in the Emil Zatopek Memorial race at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 26.
The 25-year-old, who claimed the first-ever Olympic medal for Eritrea when he finished third […]

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