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      <title><![CDATA[ Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch - PREVIEW ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 - Hong Kong - With so many good African, particularly Kenyan marathoners around nowadays, it takes a bit of initiative to get into foreign races if you’re not one of the sub-2:10 brigade. So when Julius Maisei heard that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label Event - was paying good prize money without an overly talented field, he chanced a thousand dollars on an air fare and a hotel room last year. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hot afternoon in store in Moscow's mid-winter chill - PREVIEW ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 - Moscow, Russia - It’s very cold in Moscow: the temperature in some regions of this huge city is minus 20 degrees C. But no doubt on Sunday (5) the Vladimir Kutz Arena will be crammed with fans of athletics. since the 'Russian Winter', the second IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting of 2012, is always adored by the Moscow public. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Darya Klishina answers facebook fans’ questions  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 - Long Jumper Darya Klishina, a regular correspondent of the IAAF via the IAAF Online Diaries, has taken time off her busy schedule to answer her fans’ questions received via the IAAF World Athletics Club Facebook page. Darya received almost 200 questions – here are the ones she selected… ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Jones edges Lewis in Linz face-off ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 – Linz, Austria - Tipped all week long as the marquee event, a riveting hurdle race between Americans Yvette Lewis and Lolo Jones unfolded as the highlight of the Gugl Meeting on Thursday (2) evening in Linz.   ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Bleasdale to bring her momentum to Birmingham ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 - Birmingham, UK - World leader Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic Pole Vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham,  the penultimate IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting, on Saturday 18 February. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Focus on Falil and debutant Jarso at Beppu-Oita Marathon – PREVIEW ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 3 February 2012 - Abdellah Falil and Samson Ramadhani will be among the favourites at the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathon on Sunday. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Kisorio versus Mogusu - Preview of Marugame Half Marathon  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 2 February 2012 - The 66th annual Marugame Half Marathon, the venue of Asian half marathon record for women, is scheduled to be held on Sunday 5 February. The race, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, is a mass race with both elite men and women.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:53:44</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ After a breakthrough 2011, Borges dreams higher in 2012 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 2 February 2012 - Havana, Cuba - After improving his personal best by 20cm and clearing 5.90m to win a surprise World silver in Daegu, Lázaro Borges wants to keep dreaming for higher goals in this Olympic year. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Silnov soars 2.35m in Moscow ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 1 February 2012 - Moscow, Russia - Ten men competed in the 16th traditional Moscow Cup Jumps with Music High Jump competition with Andrei Silnov, the reigning Olympic champion prevailing at 2.35m to equal the season's world lead. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Vojta's 1500m run the standout performance in Vienna ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 1 February 2012 - Vienna, Austria - Andi Vojta's one-man show in the 1500m was the standout performance at the Vienna Indoor Classic at Ferry Dusika Hall on Tuesday (31). ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Allyson Felix responds to Facebook questions – IAAF Online Diaries ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 1 February 2012 - Three-time 200m World Champion Allyson Felix has taken time off her busy schedule to answer her fans' questions received through the IAAF World Athletics Club on Facebook... ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Limo and Cheromei to defend titles at Prague Half ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 31 January 2012 - Prague, Czech Republic - Kenyans Philemon Limo and Lydia Cheromei will return to defend their titles at the Hervis Prague Half Marathon on 31 March. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:47</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ukhov tops 2.32m in Trinec ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 31 January 2012 - Trinec, Czech Republic - Ivan Ukhov returned to his winning ways at the second stop of the 8th Moravian High Jump Tour in Trinec on on Monday. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Rudisha confirms return to Sydney and Melbourne ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 31 January 2012 - Melbourne, Australia - Last year, David Rudisha's campaign to become World champion began in Australia and so the Kenyan superstar is hoping a return visit to Sydney and Melbourne, for the Qantas Australian Athletics Tour, will put him on the path to Olympic glory. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:08:57</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ “This could be my last Olympics,” says Dwight Phillips – IAAF Online Diaries ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 30 January 2012 - Four-time World Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips shares with us his first online diary of the year. The American who won the Olympic Games in 2004 but was unable to defend his title in 2008 is getting ready for the 2012 London Olympic Games. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:01:01</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Commonwealth Marathon champion Kelai among the headliners in Brighton ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 30 January 2012 – Brighton, UK - Commonwealth Games Marathon champion, John Kelai, has signed up to run the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 15 April. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Two world leads in Krasnodar ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 30 January 2012 - Many Russian stars participated in the traditional Governor’s Cup in Krasnodar on Sunday, where two world-leading performances emerged. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Kipyego produces surprise win at Eldoret Half ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 29 January 2012 - Eldoret, Kenya - Little-known Edwin Kipyego blew away a classy field to win the 21st edition of the Discovery Half Marathon in Eldoret, Kenya, on Sunday. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Shigetomo takes Osaka as favourite Fukushi falters  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 29 January 2012 – With a 2:23:23 run, Risa Shigetomo of the Tenmaya track team won the 31st Osaka Women’s Marathon on Sunday to take a step closer to her dream of making the Japanese Olympic Marathon team.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Fast season starts for Powell, Campbell-Brown and Jones in New York ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 29 January 2012 - New York, USA - The inaugural U.S. Open, held in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, was the scene of sparkling season openers for sprinters and hurdlers with something to prove.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Dmitrik tops 2.35m in Hustopece, near-miss at 2.41m ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 29 January 2012 - Hustopece, Czech Republic - It was only the first stop of the 8th Moravian High Jump Tour, but the follow-up meeting in Trinec Monday evening will be hard pressed to match the drama and the excellent depth from Saturday night’s competition in Hustopece. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Chicherova scales 2.00m in Antwerp, Hellebaut returns with 1.95m ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 29 January 2012 - Antwerp, Belgium – World champion Anna Chicherova’s 2.00m clearance at the High Jump Gala in Antwerp on Saturday (28) night overshadowed the return of Olympic High Jump Champion Tia Hellebaut. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tum and Labani take Marrakech Marathon titles ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 30 January 2012 - Marrakech, MAR - Kenyan Stephen Tum and Soumya Labani of Morocco won their respective titles at the 23rd edition of the Marrakech International Marathon on Sunday, which was attended by more than 7000 foreign and domestic runners. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Farah sends crowd home happy; two world season leads in Glasgow ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 28 January 2012 - Glasgow, UK - The last ever meeting at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall ended in style this afternoon as Mo Farah brought the crowd to their feet with a stadium record in the men’s 1500m after Helen Obiri and Konstantin Shabanov had earlier clocked world leading times in the women’s 3000m and men’s 60m Hurdles. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hooker, Manou suffer rare losses; headwind gets the better of Pearson in Adelaide ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 28 January 2012 - You have to go back into the mists of time to remember when Steve Hooker and Tamsyn Manou last lost to Australian domestic opponents. Both tasted defeat though in Adelaide on Saturday night (28) in the opening meeting of the Qantas Australian Athletics Tour. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Hoffa reacts with a 21.87m world lead in Chemnitz ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 28 January 2012 - Reese Hoffa established himself as the world leader with a huge 21.87 m throw in Chemnitz, Germany on Friday evening (27). The 34-year-old US Shot Putter had been beaten by Germany’s World champion David Storl the past weekend in another German meeting in Nordhausen by ten centimetres. Storl had achieved 21.24m last week. But on Friday Reese Hoffa, the World Champion from 2007, bounced back with his best indoor effort since 2006. It was in Moscow when he had thrown 22.11 m to win the World Indoor gold. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Pentathlon records for Theisen; Eaton leaps 8.04m in Texas ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 28 January 2012 - Brianne Theisen broke her own collegiate record and also bettered the Canadian national record for the indoor Pentathlon with 4555 points on the first day of the Texas A&M Challenge in College Station, Texas, USA on Friday (27). ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ All eyes on Fukushi as Japanese Olympic squad selection continues in Osaka – PREVIEW   ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 27 January 2012 - The 31st edition of the Osaka Women’s Marathon, the race which doubles as the second of the three domestic Olympic Qualifying race for Japanese runners, will be held on Sunday. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:18</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 27 January 2012 - Dubai, UAE - Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia turned the Marathon tide substantially on Friday when he ran the fastest winning debut in history, taking the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon title in an event record time of 2:04:23, which also makes him the fourth fastest man ever. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:49:08</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Nestlé becomes main sponsor of world-wide IAAF Kids’ Athletics Programme ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 27 January 2012 - Monte-Carlo - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is pleased to announce a five year sponsorship starting in January 2012 which sees Nestlé become the main sponsor of the IAAF Kids’ Athletics programme. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ High powered line-up assemble in Madison Square Garden for inaugural U.S. Open - PREVIEW ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 26 January 2011 - New York, USA - The inaugural U.S. Open indoor track and field meet, to be held Saturday, 28 January, assures that the long tradition of world-class athletics competition in Madison Square Garden is alive and well: The entrant list includes 22 Olympians, 13 of them medallists. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ World Indoor champion Ukhov takes on Daegu medallists ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tanui and Wude Yimer take the spoils at Elgoibar Cross Country ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 22 January 2012 - Kenya’s  reigning World Cross Country silver medallist Paul Tanui and Ethiopia’s Wude Ayalew Yimer grabbed their respective victories at the ‘69th Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza’ in Elgoibar, Spain, on Sunday (22). ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Bleasdale soars 4.87m in Villeurbanne ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 22 January 2012 - Holly Bleasdale made a major leap into the pole vaulting elite after a 4.87m clearance in Villeurbanne, France, near Lyon, on Saturday. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 21 January 2012 - Antrim, Northern Ireland - Kenya's Mike Kigen led throughout as he claimed his third senior title in succession at today's 35th Antrim International - an IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting (20) - with Ireland's Fionnuala Britton taking the honours in the women's race. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 21 January 2012 - Nakuru, Kenya - Evergreen Mark Kiptoo made a roaring return to the centre of the podium in the men’s senior race as Daegu Worlds marathon bronze winner scaled the heights in the women’s event during the annual Kenya Defence Force Cross Country Championships on Saturday (21). ]]></description>
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