'09 Brussels GP mSteeple

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1 GARY, Roba ETH 8:12.03 8:12.03
2 KESKISALO, Jukka FIN 8:10.67 8:10.67
3 KIPTEREGE, Elijah KEN 8:10.63 8:10.63
4 KOECH, Paul KEN 7:56.37 8:01.26
5 MATEELONG, Richard KEN 8:00.89 8:00.89
6 MOHAMED, Mustafa SWE 8:05.75 8:18.44
7 TAHER, Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:06.13 8:06.13
8 MUTAI, Abel KEN 8:11.40 8:11.40
9 RAMOLEFI, Ruben RSA 8:11.63 8:11.63
10 LANGAT, David KEN 8:24.19
11 LANGAT, Patrick KEN 8:19.13 8:21.38
12 BUC, Bustjan SLO 8:16.96 8:32.21
13 DESMET, Pieter BEL 8:15.02 8:23.81
14 KIPYEGO, Mike KEN 8:08.48 8:08.48
15 KRISTENSEN, Ustad NOR 8:16.75 8:28.57
16 SZYMKOWIAK, Tomasz POL 8:21.32 8:21.32
17 VAN KOOLWIJK, Krijn BEL 8:17.11 8:24.22
18 HULING, Daniel USA 8:20.84 8:21.65

[toyracer]

Paul Koech wins the 3000m steeplechase in 8:04.05. Richard Mateelong is second.

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Their "live" results are slow to post: race should have been over at least 10 minutes at this point.

[toyracer]

1 KOECH, Paul KEN 8:04.05
2 MATEELONG, Richard KEN 8:06.92
3 KESKISALO, Jukka FIN 8:13.34
4 HULING, Daniel USA PB 8:14.69
5 GARY, Roba ETH 8:15.50
6 MOHAMED, Mustafa SWE 8:20.61
7 TAHER, Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:23.68
8 KIPTEREGE, Elijah KEN 8:25.41
9 RAMOLEFI, Ruben RSA 8:26.12
10 MUTAI, Abel KEN 8:28.21
11 KIPYEGO, Mike KEN 8:29.32
12 DESMET, Pieter BEL 8:31.80
13 VAN KOOLWIJK, Krijn BEL 8:33.87
14 SZYMKOWIAK, Tomasz POL 8:34.65
15 BUC, Bustjan SLO 8:46.18
KRISTENSEN, Ustad NOR DNF
LANGAT, David KEN DNF
LANGAT, Patrick KEN DNF

Always nice to see any athlete get a PB

[KevinM]

Wow, fantastic PR for Huling. Not sure I expected that after the WC.

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Huling to No. American ever:

1. 8:08.82 Daniel Lincoln (Nike) 7/14/06
2. 8:09.17 Henry Marsh (Athletics West) 8/28/85
3. 8:09.76 Mark Croghan (Nike International) 8/21/93
4. 8:13.16 Brian Diemer (Athletics West) 8/29/84
5. 8:14.26 Marc Davis (Foot Locker AC) 8/05/93
6. 8:14.69 Daniel Huling (Reebok) 9/04/09
7. 8:14.82 Tim Broe (adidas) 6/29/01
8. 8:15.69 Steve Slattery (Nike) 9/14/07
9. 8:15.77 Pascal Dobert (Nike) 7/20/00
10. 8:16.59 Ivan Huff (adidas) 9/05/86

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flash quote from Huling:

Daniel HULING (USA)
I'm so happy! This year was so difficult because i got a calf injury in april, may, which causes me a lot of problem to come back. And then, today i break my personal record for six seconds. The weather conditions weren't so great, it was windy and i had to make some tremendous efforts to come back near the firsts. But i had great sensations today and this time is a great value for all my work during training. Great!

[malmo]

Wow, fantastic PR for Huling. Not sure I expected that after the WC.

The armchair quarterbacks are silent again.