>From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
"The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard
Limo, and two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold medalist Million Wolde,
made a farce of the race.
For the first 10 1/2 laps, they loped around the track with no intention of
trying to run fast. Then, they picked up the pace a little with two laps
remaining, before going to an all-out sprint over the final 400 meters,
which was run in 51 seconds - extraordinarily fast for a 5,000-meter race.
Two-time Olympic silver medalist Paul Bitok of Kenya won in 15:26.10, slower
than women's winner Olga Yegorova of Russia (15:12.22) Tuesday night and
nearly three minutes slower than the world record. The time of 12:52.90 for
4,000 meters was slower than Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's 5,000 world mark
of 12:39.36."
-----Original Message-----
From: alan tobin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results
I'm calling BS on this one, must be a typo. Surely someone would have taken
off? Someone not sure about his kick would have taken off sometime during
the race.
Alan
http://www.geocities.com/runningart2004
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