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Paul Kipsiele Koech devastated a quality field at the DN Galan in Stockholm, Sweden, running a stadium-record time of 7:59.42 minutes in the 3000m steeplechase and winning a diamond in the process. Koech became the first man to break 8 minutes for the steeplechase in 2007 and proved that a gold medal in the […]

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With a brilliant display of assertive racing, Alan Webb powered to a 3:30.54 victory in the 1500 this weekend to highlight the Meeting Gaz de France Paris-St. Denis; the second stop on the six-meet IAAF Golden League series.
Running aggressively from the outset, the 24-year-old three-time American champion never lost control of the race, despite the […]

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For the crowd of 65,000 that is expected to turn out for tonight’s Meeting Gaz de France, one event will stand head and shoulders above the rest –the men’s 1500, which features French star Mehdi Baala squaring off against American Bernard Lagat.
Baala, the world leader after his solo 3:31.05 in Strasbourg last week, apparently doesn’t […]

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If the late Steve Prefontaine was watching this meeting from above his beloved Hayward Field, he surely had a smile on his face as gutsy performances in the middle and long distance events dominated this meeting.
For the second year in a row, the meet was held in cool and sometimes rainy conditions, and that was […]

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It has been nearly three years since he raced on the track, but Haile Gebrselassie showed excellent form tonight in Hengelo, breaking the 27 minute barrier for the eighth time in his illustrious career.
Gebrselassie, whose official age is 34 but many observers believe he is at least a few years older, finished fifth in 26:52.81. […]

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