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Sunday, 08 September 2002
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.
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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. -
Gugl-Meeting to showcase Ceplak-Mutola 1000 metres record attempt
One of the major highlights of Monday’s Gugl-Meeting in Linz will be the combined assault on the women’s 1000 metres of European 800 metre Champion Jolanda Ceplak (SLO) and Mozambique’s reigning World and Olympic Champion Maria Muto... -
The Homecoming of the Heroes
The Munich success also provided the perfect final marketing for the organisers of the traditional “MAI-galan” meet in Malmö, as they had already in advance secured the participation of four of the five medallists. -
Finland continues its athletics love affair at the Asics Grand Prix
13 August 2002 – Helsinki – The Finnish capital which played host to the inaugural IAAF World Championships of 1983 and which in 2005 will become the first repeat venue, embraces along with Finland as a whole, an undying passion for...
