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Mottram stuck with the leaders until the last 600m before being dropped by the increasing pace as gold medallist Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, world record holder Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge fought it out for the medals.
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Alan Webb never had a chance. The American sensation lined up for the featured Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Friday night, hoping he could keep up with No. 1-ranked Bernard Lagat of Kenya. No chance. Lagat took the lead with five laps to go, then cruised to victory in 3 minutes, 52.87 seconds, setting a meet and Madison Square Garden record.
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Britain's Kelly Holmes storms to a sensational Olympic 800m gold.
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Some new faces shined brightly yesterday afternoon in the Bob McIntyre Bay State Cross Country Invitational at Franklin Park. Lexington's Paul Morris won the Division 1 race with a time of 15 minutes 53.25 seconds, taking full advantage of Newton North star Chris Barnicle's absence. Doherty's Tim Ritchie finished second at 15:57.28, with Lowell's Brian Gagnon at third in 15:57.53.
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The men's mile at next week's New York Grand Prix will reprise the dynamic duel between Bernard Lagat and Craig Mottram at Madison Square Garden this winter.
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LoÃ¯c finished 8th and 13th last weekend in Brno for the second to last round of the Formula 3 Euroseries championship.
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ATHENS, Greece - Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at one Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books on Saturday.
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Alan Webb, the 24-year-old American coming off a record-breaking summer in Europe, will run in the Fifth Avenue Mile on Sept. 29 in Manhattan.On July 6 in Paris, against a strong international field, Webb won the 1,500 meters in 3 minutes 30.54 seconds, the second fastest ever by an American. On July 21 in Brasschaat, Belgium, he set an American record of 3:46.91 for the mile. In the world championships three weeks ago in Osaka, Japan, he finished eighth in the 1,500.The New York Road Runners, which stages the Fifth Avenue Mile, also announced yesterday that the races would include Kevin Sullivan of Canada, last yearâs winner; Nick Willis of New Zealand, a Commonwealth Games champion; and Sara Hall of Big Bear Lake, Calif., who won the womenâs race last year.The series of races starts near East 80th Street and finishes at 60th Street.
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Athens -- While the men&#39;s 400 meters received most of the attention from the American media Monday night, the best race on the program was the women&#39;s 800.
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Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat out-kicked Australia's Craig Mottram in the year's fastest mile and Adam Nelson dominated the shot put with the season's top performance at the Millrose Games on Friday.
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Franck Montagny, R24-08, 119 laps, 526 km
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ATHENS Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at the same Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books Saturday.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 22 -- Bernard Lagat looked surprisingly fresh for a man who had already run a grueling mile before Friday night's 5,000 meter final at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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Somebody's been hitting the 57, because this stock is moving.
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Winning lob of 2.77 Campbells Finn Tommi Huotari took gold at the eighth Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in Savonlinna over the weekend by projecting his device a creditable 2.77 Campbells, or 89.62 metres in old money.â¦
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The visitors resumed on Thursday morning with Jacob Oram on 18, Brendon McCullum on 48 and the total on 207/5. McCullum had already done much to change the course of the match with his brisk innings on Wednesday
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Calcutta: Anil Kumble began the year looking to âquickly reach 435.â He got there (and went one better) in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, the opening day of the second last Test of 2004.