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Liu Xiang wins 110m hurdles in Prefontaine


http://en.youth.cn   2007-06-11 13:36:00

 

World record holder Liu Xiang won the 110m hurdles in 13.23 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix meeting Sunday, June 11, 2007.(Xinhua Photo)

 

World record holder Liu Xiang won the 110m hurdles in 13.23 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix meeting Sunday.

Xavier Carter powered past fellow American Wallace Spearmon to win a star-studded 200 metres, Reuters reported.

Carter, who beat a field that included 100m world record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 400m champion Jeremy Wariner, clocked 20.23 seconds into a solid headwind on a misty afternoon for the narrow win.

Spearmon finished second in 20.25 with Jamaican Powell third in 20.55. American Wariner was a disappointing sixth in 20.78

Kenyan Daniel Komen ran the fastest mile on American soil, clocking 3:48.28.

Craig Mottram won the infrequently run two-mile race in an Australian record 8:03.50. The time was the sixth fastest ever ran in the event.

Three other 2007 world-leading performances were set in the meeting at the site of the 2008 US Olympic trials.

Mozambique's Maria Mutola won the meet's women's 800m for the 15th consecutive time, running 1:58.33, Ethiopian Gelete Burka clocked 4:00.48 in the women's 1,500m and Jamaican Melaine Walker won the women's 400m hurdles in 54.14 seconds.

Olympic bronze medallist Paul Koech dominated the 3,000m steeplechase, winning in 8:08.08, and upcoming American Nick Symmonds outran Russian Olympic gold medallist Yuriy Borzakovskiy to win the men's 800m in 1:44.54.

 
source : Shanghai Daily     editor::
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