In a race that saw Tariku Bekele (ETH) win in a world-leading 7:28.70,
Bernard Lagat finished as the runner-up crossing the line in an American
record 7:29.00. The previous record of 7:30.84 was set by Bob Kennedy
in 1998. Kennedy once held every...

The town of Rieti in Italy has long had a reputation for giving its
visitors spiritual powers beyond the norm as Asafa Powell found out on
Sunday when he broke the 100m world record.
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European champion Christophe Lemaitre continued his dream season
clocking yet another national record of 9.97 during the men’s 100m
final at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Rieti on Sunday evening.
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RIETI, Italy--It was a week
later than he wanted, but reigning IAAF world indoor champion and
Washington State University graduate Bernard Lagat (left/photo by Paul Merca) finally took down Bob Kennedy's 1998 American record of 7:30.84 in the
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Kenya's reigning African champion, David Rudisha, lowered his own world record in the men's 800 metres for the second time in a week to 1 minute 41.01 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge meet in Rieti, Italy today.

The 21-year-old, who broke the reco...