Brussels Blowout

[Guest]

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He is: 3:28 is his halfway split.

[tafnut]

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Damn I was close!! Gatlin ran 20.04.

[DentyCracker]

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That is pretty impressive by Gatlin. 10.09/20.04 within two hours. Impressive

[Guest]

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Kennedy is getting ready to reel off the US list leader - great comeback story - whoooooooahhhhhhhh for the old guard!!!

[DentyCracker]

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Some pretty good times overall

Official Result Men - 800 METRES
Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Bungei Wilfred KEN 1:42.52
2 Mulaudzi Mbulaeni RSA 1:42.89
3 Sepeng Hezekiél RSA 1:43.12
4 Kipketer Wilson DEN 1:43.28
5 Mutua Joseph KEN 1:43.52
6 Borzakovskiy Yuriy RUS 1:43.68
7 Bucher André SUI 1:44.23
8 Som Bram NED 1:44.46
9 Jansen Joeri BEL 1:45.07
Kiptoo David KEN DNF

[Bob Duncan]

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Any Internet audio on this? All that I can find at Eurosport is text.

[Guest]

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>Looks like our friends to the north can now lay
>claim to the best female distance runner in North
>America in Babcock - on a roll that one is - is
>that a Canadian NR?

Nope. 4:00.27 by Lynn Williams
http://www.athletics.ca/cmslib/general/ ... ecords.pdf

Great show of speed though for a 5&10 runner.

[DentyCracker]

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Just saw some coverage on Skysports News.
Powell looked awesome in the 100. Gaines got a cracking start in the 100 caught on the line by White. Mutola powered down the straight to win the 8 and the jackpot.

[tafnut]

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Not so much on the Kennedy thing.

[Guest]

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huh?

[DentyCracker]

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Kennedy Bob USA 27:51.06

[miler manque]

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Result from Brussels
SUREYYA AYHAN (TUR)
Winner of the women’s 1500m in a World Leading time of 3:55.33

“At first I was entered in the 800m race here in Brussels but then I decided to run the 1500m because I lost the final in Paris and I really wanted to win this race here.

“Of course I wanted to win gold in Paris, I wanted to be the World Champion but that was not my day. It was a bad day.

“Until two years ago I didn’t like running with pace makers, then I started liking it more and more. I wish I could have run with one in Paris, if I had had a pacemaker I probably would have become world champion.

“Before taking up track and field I used to eat rabbits. Then I stopped. And now I eat rabbits again!”

[Guest]

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Being a Bob Kennedy fan I was pleased to see his good (27:51.06) result...but how amazing to realize that you can run that "fast" and get lapped!

[Grazer]

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You guy's should all move to Europe! I watched most of Brussels live on satellite TV (not to mention the entire WC.)

Perhaps the biggest story from Brussels is Kelli White's warm reception from the crowd. Despite incredibly negative European press, the fans seem to have "gotten it" that hers is at worst a borderline case. (I'm not justifying her choices, by the way.)

[Petros]

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What a shame for Ayhan that she did a 3:55 the week before Paris, AND the week after, but couldn't do it the one time she really wanted to. Two questions:
- Do you agree with the TV commentator in Paris who said she ran too hard too soon?
- Do you think her switch from the 800 in Brussels, to the 1500, was strictly to avenge her fade-out in Paris, or did it also have anything to do with Mutola's going for the $1 million?