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Lagat sets sight on Turkey after US win
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 02 - 2012

Reigning world indoor champion Bernard Lagat looks in fine shape to defend his title next month after winning the 3,000 meters at the US trials in convincing style Saturday.
Lagat, twice a world gold medalist at the distance, sprinted home in seven minutes, 47.54 seconds at the Albuquerque, New Mexico convention center, more than four seconds ahead of runner-up Lopez Lomong.
“I am going to defend my (world) title because I won here in 2010,” said Lagat, whose victory at Albuquerque two years ago springboard him to the world title. “This has been a good luck place for me.”
Lopez clocked 7:51.75 with early leader Galen Rupp third in 7:57.36.
The top two finishers in each event qualify for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 9-11.
While Albuquerque's rarefied air had a negative impact on the distance runners, it helped hurdlers and jumpers to a pair of 2012 world leading performances.
Journeyman Dexter Faulk produced the biggest shock in the 60 meters hurdles preliminaries, where a lifetime best of 7.40 seconds usurped Chinese 2004 Olympic champion Liu Xiang's best time of the season. “I just came off an injury so I am just excited to be back,” Faulk said. The 27-year-old will be hoping his rich vein of form will enable him to secure a spot on his first US global team at Sunday's concluding day of the trials.
Triple jumper Will Claye provided the other top mark, leaping 17.63 meters as the world outdoor bronze medalist twice bettered his 2012 global best. “My goal this season is to get that American indoor record,” Claye said after registering a jump 13 centimetres shorter than Mike Conley's national mark set in 1987.
World outdoor champion Christain Taylor took second at 17.21m, despite fouling on four of his six jumps.
Justin Gatlin and Tianna Madison continued to make positive strides on their comebacks by dominating the sprint preliminaries. Gatlin led men's 60m qualifying in 6.51 seconds.
The 2005 world outdoor long jump champion Madison, who has been the year's top sprinter, clocked 7.10 seconds in the women's race.
Olympic silver medalist Jenn Suhr defended her US pole vault title, clearing 4.67m, with world champions Jesse Williams and Jenny Simpson also earning trips to Istanbul. Williams won the high jump at 2.29m and Simpson topped the women's 3,000m in 9:19.15.
Other notable qualifiers for Sunday's finals were Sanya Richards-Ross, with a 51.33 semifinal in the women's 400m, and Frankie Wright in the men's 400m at 46.26.


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