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Dibaba runs fastest-ever 2 miles indoors
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 02 - 2014

BIRMINGHAM — Genzebe Dibaba produced her third record performance of the month Saturday, with the Ethiopian racing the fastest two miles at the Birmingham Grand Prix.
Dibaba eased over the line in 9 minutes, 0.48 seconds indoors in central England, more than 20 seconds ahead of her rivals to break compatriot Meseret Defar's world-best mark from 2009 by almost six seconds. The IAAF said it wasn't a world record as there are no official records for two miles.
Dibaba has already broken the indoor 1,500 and 3,000-meter world records this month as she prepares for the World Indoor Championships next month in Sopot, Poland.
British sprinter James Dasaolu will be hoping he is fit for the championships after appearing to injure himself while upstaging Nesta Carter of Jamaica to win the 60 meters.
Dasaolu left the Birmingham track on a wheelchair with an ice pack on his left hamstring.
The women's race saw double Olympic 100-meter champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica having to settle for second place for the second year in Birmingham as Murielle Ahoure of the United States emerged victorious.
In the men's 800, world champion Mohammed Aman broke the Ethiopian indoor record in 1.44.53 seconds, while Pascal Martinot-Lagard of France won the 60 hurdles in 7.55, Erik Kynard of the United States cleared 2.34 meters to win the high jump, and Aleksandr Menkov leapt furthest in the long jump — 8.14 meters.
Bracy wins again
American Marvin Bracy used a second chance to win the 60 meters Saturday at the 107th Millrose Games after Olympians Keston Bledman and Ryan Bailey were disqualified for false starts.
Bracy, who also won last week's indoor 60m title at Boston, won the race in 6.50 seconds with countryman D'Angelo Cherry second in 6.54 and Jamaica's Kimari Roach third in 6.59.
Bracy was cleared of a false start call on the first attempt to run the race but Trinidad and Tobago's Bledman, an Olympic 4x100 relay 2008 silver medalist and 2012 bronze medalist, and Bailey, on the US 4x100 2012 Olympic runner-up relay, were dropped for false starts on the second attempt.
Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye won the women's 60 title in 7.13 with American Tori Bowie second in 7.14 and Nigeria's Gloria Asumnu third in 7.25.
France's Pierre Ambroise Bosse ran the fastest time in the world this year to win the men's 1,000 in 2:17.63, one second ahead of Erik Sowinski.
The Millrose's signature mile titles went to Americans, with teen star Mary Cain winning in 4:27.73 with Treniere Moser second in 4:28.86.
Will Leer was the surprise men's Wanamaker Mile winner in 3:52.47, edging Kenya's Lawi Lalang by .41 with New Zealand's Nick Willis third in 3:53.02.
Bernard Lagat, a 39-year-old Kenyan-born American who has won the Millrose mile eight times, won the seldom-raced 2,000 in 4:54.74.
Trinidad's Lalonde Gordon won the men's 300 in 32.47 while Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won the women's 300 in 36.10. — Agencies


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