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van der Westhuizen Peter RSA
Sex Weight Height Date of Birth Place of birth
M 21/12/1984
Personal Best - Outdoor
Performance Wind Place Date
800 Metres 1:47.60 Padova 30/08/2009
1000 Metres 2:17.81 Stockholm 31/07/2009
1500 Metres 3:35.33 New York City, NY 30/05/2009
One Mile 3:54.90 Oslo (Bislett) 04/06/2010
Personal Best - Indoor
Performance Wind Place Date
1500 Metres 3:42.38 Birmingham, GBR 20/02/2010
One Mile 4:00.35 New York (MSG), NY 29/01/2010
Progression - Outdoor
Season Performance Wind Place Date
800 Metres 2009 1:47.60 Padova 30/08/2009
1000 Metres 2009 2:17.81 Stockholm 31/07/2009
1500 Metres 2012 3:36.56 Kingston (NS), JAM 05/05/2012
2011 3:42.21 Hengelo 29/05/2011
2010 3:35.97 Gateshead 10/07/2010
2009 3:35.33 New York City, NY 30/05/2009
2008 3:43.74 Lincoln, NE 31/05/2008
2007 3:41.74 Walnut, CA 13/04/2007
2005 3:43.62 Palo Alto, CA 26/03/2005
One Mile 2012 3:56.90 Lawrence, KS 21/04/2012
2011 3:58.33 Des Moines, IA 30/04/2011
2010 3:54.90 Oslo (Bislett) 04/06/2010
2009 3:56.26 Eugene, OR 07/06/2009
Progression - Indoor
Season Performance Wind Place Date
1500 Metres 2010 3:42.38 Birmingham, GBR 20/02/2010
One Mile 2010 4:00.35 New York (MSG), NY 29/01/2010
2006 4:04.34 Lincoln, NE 04/02/2006
Honours
Rank Performance Wind Place Date
1500 Metres
13th IAAF World Indoor Championships 6 h 3:45.76 Doha 12/03/2010
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 10 sf 3:40.00 Berlin 17/08/2009
Wednesday, 04 May 2011

Hot women's 800m and 1500m fields on tap in Eugene - Samsung Diamond League

Another impressive race for Nancy Langat, this time in New York (Victah Sailer)

Another impressive race for Nancy Langat, this time in New York (Victah Sailer)

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    • Caster Semenya of South Africa celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 800m in Berlin

    Eugene, USA - Red hot fields in the women's 800 and 1500m promise scintillating battles at the 37th annual Prefontaine Classic on 4 June, the fourth stop on the 14-meeting Samsung Diamond League series.

    In the 800m, the reigning World champion is back, and appears poised to assume the mantle of invincibility she displayed in her breakout 2009 season.

    As an 18-year-old new to the world stage, South African Caster Semenya crushed the field in Berlin two years ago, winning the gold medal by over 2-seconds in 1:55.45. This season, Semenya will face the strongest field since those championships when she is challenged by an incredible field in Eugene.

    Among the entrants in Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei, the silver medallist from Berlin and 2007 World champions; 2010 US champion Alysia Johnson; reigning Olympic champion Pamel Jelimo of Kenya; Kenia Sinclair of Jamaica, the current world leader at 1:59.63; Jemma Simpson of Great Britain and the Oregno Track Club; and American Anna Pierce.

    Last year, an extraordinary nine women broke two-minutes in the Prefontaine Classic 800m and a new meet record of 1:57.56 was set. Can lightning strike twice?

    Hot women's 1500 field

    “Strongest Pre Field Ever”. Get used to the phrase, as it certainly describes the make-up of this year’s 1500m. The field boasts seven of last year's leading metric milers. Among them:

    Nancy Langat, 2008 Olympic gold medallist and Samsung Diamond Trophy winner in the event; Anna Alminova, 2010 Russian champion and fastest in the world; Gelete Burka, winner of the Lausanne Samsung Diamond League; Mimi Belete, Asian Games champion; Shannon Rowbury, U.S. Olympic Trials winner; Christin Wurth-Thomas, No. 2 ranked in U.S., and Nuria Fernandez, Spain’s European champion.

    Samsung Diamond League for the IAAF