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Read More at Wikipedia ›Wilson Kiprop surged to the lead with 50 meters to go and won the Kenyan Olympic 10,000 meters trials in the year's fastest time at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Kiprop bettered his personal best by 25 seconds by crossing the line in 27 minutes, 1.98 seconds on a drizzly evening to defeat former world bronze medalist Moses Masai.Masai ran 27:02.25 and Bitan Karoki finished in 27:05.50 to complete the Kenyan team for the London Games.The Kenyans moved their trials to low-altitude Eugene in hopes of breaking a 44-year drought without an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000. Their last victory in the event came at the 1968 Olympics.Despite the wet track and sometimes rainy conditions, a classy field also delivered the year's top performances in the men's triple jump and women's 10,000m.World outdoor champion Christian Taylor outdueled U.S. team mate Will Claye to win the triple jump at 17.62 meters. Global indoor winner Claye bounded 17.48 and British Olympic hopefu...Former world champion Caster Semenya will run her first 800-meter race of the Olympic year at a meet in northern South Africa on Saturday.Semenya, who won silver def...
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LOS ANGELES -- The human race has made some tremendous advances over the last couple hundred thousand years. Stone tools. Vaccines . Pop-Tarts. But here's something ...
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Oscar Pistorius advanced to the 400-meter final at the South African championships on Friday, attempting to become the first amputee athlete to run in the Olympics.T...
Oscar Pistorius advanced to the 400-meter final at the South African championships on Friday, attempting to become the first amputee athlete to run in the Olympics.T...
South Africa's government and national lottery say they are contributing more than $14 million to help athletes prepare for the London Olympics .The lottery has prov...
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