Another capacity crowd of 21,000-odd spectators, clapping their hands rhythmically for 15,000 metres worth of track racing, saw six American distance runners gain places on the U.S. Olympic team for Beijing on Friday. They also were shocked by Breaux Greer’s failure to qualify for the men’s javelin final. read more...
Meseret Defar won in 14:57.91. Jen Rhines was 7th in 15:03.09 and Shalane Flanagan was 8th in 15:03.86. read more...
As an exercise in separating the best from the rest, the women’s 5,000m semi-finals served their purpose. Other than that, we know precious little more about the likely outcome of Saturday's than we did before. read more...
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