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The women's 800 meters was an excellent race! In the end, it came to Mariya Savinova of Russia and Jenny Meadows.....

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Bernard Lagat, 2010 World Indoor Champs, Doha, Qatar, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Bernard Lagat is an elegant runner! He is also at the top of his competitive game. There is little excess motion in his running, and he stays out of dumb positions in tactical races. When Bernard is on, he is on, tonight, Mr. Lagat gave a clinic in how to win a championship 3,000 meter run, to the world!

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Steve Hooker, Olympic & World Championship gold medalist, photo by Photorun.net.

Australia's Steve Hooker needed two attempts to take the gold, then put it out of this world with a 6.01m third attempt. To celebrate winning the only global title he had not won, Hooker made three game attempts at the 6.16m mark, with the third oh, so close! ( Congrats to Austalia's Fabrice Lapierre, who won the gold in the long jump! For Day two, two golds for Australia, two golds for Ethiopia and four golds for the US (8 medals))!

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Deresse Mekonnen, 2010 World Indoor Champs, Doha, Qatar, photo by PhotoRun.net.

This was one of the best championship races that I have ever seen! The race was in doubt until the last fifty meters, when Deresse Mekonnen, willed on by his countrymen, charged to victory, defending his title from Valencia, Spain!

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Meseret Defar, 2010 World Indoor Champs, Doha, Qatar, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Using a blinding final lap, Meseret Defar won her fourth straight 3,000 meter world indoor championship from Vivian Cheruiyot and Sentanyu Ejigu, much to the delight of the boisterous Ethiopian fans, who enveloped the stadium!

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Jessica Ennis, World Champs, Berlin, August 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Jessica Ennis, the 2009 World Champion, has had some injury set backs. Jessica did not let any of those injuries stop her from her dream: to win the pentathlon, Jessica Ennis set a championship record en route to winning her gold medal at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar with a championship record of 4,937 points !

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LoLo Jones, 2010 World Indoor Champs, Doha, Qatar, 60 meter hurdles, gold medalist, photo by PhotoRun.net.

The facts are that LoLo Jones defended her 2008 World Indoor Championships title over 60 meter hurdles, setting a championship record and running the fastest time in the world in 2010. The real story is that, without her near disaster in her semi-final, even LoLo admits, she would not have won her gold medal today. Here is the real story:

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Dwain Chambers, 2010 World Indoor Champs, Doha, Qatar, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Dwain Chambers served time for a drug positive, wrote a book, which annoyed a few folks in Great Britain, and, from the results today, is working hard to prove he can run fast, drug free. With new advisers, Mr. Chambers let his running do the talking today. Afterwards, Dwain noted that " this was the longest six and one half seconds of my life!" Well said!

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Semi-finals, where Bershawn Jackson & David Gillick
collided, World Indoor Champs, 2010, Doha, Qatar, photo by
PhotoRun.net.

David Gillick of Ireland is a tough runner. Bershawn Jackson of the US is a tough runner. They bumped hard in the semi-finals. Bumping during a race either slows one down, or throws one off their game. Neither Gillick nor Jackson seemed to consider that ! In the end, instead of fighting for gold and silver, they were upset by Chris Brown!

Continue reading "World Indoor Champs, 2010: Day 2, Chris Brown of Bahamas won the 400 meters! by Larry Eder" »

Christian Cantwell, World Champs, Berlin, August 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.

The men's shot is a dynamic event. The quality of male throwers around the world is such that, underestimating anyone in a final is ludicrous. Christian Cantwell took the lead in round one, was pushed to second in round five and took the gold back in round six. That, is a champion!

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