William Biwott runs World JR Mile of 3:48.95, Sanya Richards runs 49.23 WL, in storm delayed Oslo! by Alfons Juck

Sanya Richards running at US champs, Eugene, Oregon, June 27, 2009, by PhotoRun.net.
OSLO: World junior record in the dream mile 3:48.95 by William Biwott of Kenyana and world leading 49.23 at 400 m for Sanya Richards highlighted the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games after a storm delayed the begin of the main programme. Six athletes won after Berlin also in Oslo (Richards, Isinbayeva, PitkamÃ¤ki, Bekele, Cherry, Stewart). Daniel Bailey and Dexter Faulk did not win and Chris Brown and Ariane Friedrich did not come to Oslo from the remaining four Berlin winners.
METZ: French Boubdallah Tahri clocked new european steeple record at Alma Athle Tour French series meet with 8:02.19.
Special thanks to Alfons Juck, EME News.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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