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Prefontaine Classic Promises Exciting Men’s 5000

May 16, 2013 at 02:00am EST | by NYRR staff

Will the Prefontaine Classic track meet, scheduled for June 1 at Hayward Field in Eugene, OR, feature the year’s most thrilling men’s 5000 meters? Organizers say so, Runner’s World reports, as the event marks a rematch of sorts for Bernard Lagat and Galen Rupp, American stars who duked it out last June—in Eugene, no less—in a memorable 5000-meter Olympic Trials race.

Thanks to a big kick on the final homestretch, Rupp beat Lagat for the Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Kenya’s Caroline Rotich Wins Prague Marathon

May 13, 2013 at 03:45pm EST | by NYRR staff

If Caroline Rotich has learned anything this spring, it’s that she need not hang with the pack. Competing on Sunday, May 12, at the Volkswagen Prague International Marathon, the Kenyan runner kept pace with the top six until about the halfway point, when she moved into the lead. It was the position she’d hold, sans challenge, for the remainder of the race, as she cruised to her third major victory of the year.

Finishing in 2:27:00, Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Usain Bolt Less than Stellar in Season-opening Victory

May 10, 2013 at 09:45pm EST | by NYRR Staff

Pictures, they say, are worth a thousand words, and one snapped on May 8 during the Cayman Invitational track meet in Georgetown certainly proves this cliché true. For Usain Bolt, the word was “victory,” as a photo finish gave the two-time Jamaican Olympian a narrow win over countryman and training partner Kemar Bailey Cole in the 100-meter dash.

Bolt trailed the 19-year-old Cole for much of the race, and even though he seemingly edged past in Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Could Be Komon-Kuma Showdown

May 10, 2013 at 08:30pm EST | by NYRR Staff

“My goal is to win,” said Abera Kuma of Ethiopia, speaking at a press conference the day before the 2013 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K. Across from Kuma were four Kenyans whom he’ll face on the Central Park course, among them Leonard Patrick Komon, who holds not only the Central Park 10K record—he ran 27:35 to win this event in 2011—but also the world road 10K record of 26:44.

Kuma’s goal would look like hubris if Read More

Categories: Pro Athletes

Tyson Gay Wins 100 Meters at Jamaica Invitational

May 08, 2013 at 04:15pm EST | by NYRR Staff

In a recent interview with SPIKES magazine, two-time U.S. Olympian Tyson Gay made a bold proclamation for a 30-year-old sprinter: “I believe my best years are ahead of me.” Racing this past Saturday, May 4, at the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston, Gay took a big step—and as many more steps as it took him to travel 100 meters—toward justifying those words, when he grabbed first place in his signature event.

Winning the 100 meters in Read More

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