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Wednesday, 11 September 2002
Felix Sanchez can attempt 400m/400m Hurdles double in Paris
10 September 2002 - Following a request from Felix Sanchez (DOM), the 2001 World Champion at 400m Hurdles, the IAAF has agreed to make changes to the timetable of the Grand Prix Final which takes place in Paris this Saturday. Sanchez has been aiming for a 400m/400m Hurdles double since the beginning of the season and qualified for the Final in both events. He had requested that the order of events be changed so that the 400m Hurdles came first.
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Will Tim Montgomery overtake Greene in Paris to Rank World Number One at 100m?
10 September 2002 – Monte Carlo - Synchronize your watches and check the result board on Saturday afternoon at 16:25 for the men's 100m at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Paris. Scheduled near the end of the IAAF Grand Prix...
Hicham and Marion take pole position for Grand Prix Final
10 September 2002 - Monte Carlo - Hicham El Guerrouj and Marion Jones have a lot in common. They are both undefeated this year - Marion’s winning streak dates back to her defeat to Zhanna Pintusevich-Block in Edmonton’s 100m World Championshi...
El Guerrouj runs 3:26.97, while Kipketer delays season's end with 1:42.32 in Rieti
8 September - The 32nd edition of the IAAF Grand Prix II meeting in Rieti featured a brilliant pair of middle distance runs from Hicham El Guerrouj and Wilson Kipketer.
El Guerrouj to consecrate new track of Italian Middle Distance Temple
6 September 2002 -On 8 September, Hicham El Guerrouj will be one of the leading athletes to consecrate the new 8-lane track at Rieti's Raul Guidobaldi stadium. The Italian "Temple" of middle distance.
Liège Meeting has impressive lineup in its debut edition
Liege, Belgium - Maria Mutola arrived in Belgium this week for races at two non-standard distances. On Friday, the Olympic 800-metres champion will compete in the 1000 metres at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels, but before that, on Tuesday ...
Chambers topples Greene again
Dwain Chambers' fourth 100m win of the season over USA's Maurice Greene, and a remarkable 400m hurdles/flat double by Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic were just two of the many highlights on the track at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in London's Crystal Palace.
Palace Welcomes Royalty of Athletics
Crystal Palace stadium in the South of the British capital will play host to many of the top names of the Grand Prix circuit when, in front of IAAF President Lamine Diack and a crowd of 17,000, it hosts the Norwich Union Grand Prix (IAAF GPI) on Friday night.
Reina beats Yiampoi and Bungei to shatter Spanish 800m Record
Antonio Reina set a new National record to highlight the 2nd ‘Gran Premio Reebok- Ciudad de San Sebastián’ (AEA Meeting).-
Fireworks on the track from Mutola and Ceplak
Billed as the showcase event of the Gugl-Meeting, an attempt on the world record over 1000 metres by Slovenia’s Jolanda Ceplak and Mozambique’s Maria Mutola was preceded by a firework display normally reserved for the end of the meeting.