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Yes, it did look good when Suzy Favor Hamilton [USA] made her impressive sprint for the finish. However, those in the know, will soon see 'that flattering to deceive' does not win races. If they want to beat Ayhan, then they need to be in contact with her with 400m to go, as she was able to cover her last 400m in 61.52. This after going through 800m in 2:07.41. 800m to 1200 [3:12.50] was covered in 65.09, so the 'ambling' pack was able to close on the brave front runner. I say ambling, because to let an athlete go as early as 18seconds into a race is ludicrous, unless they think they are not as good as her? After Favor Hamilton's impressive sprint, she was able to come home in 3:59.40, a creditable performance, but not the performance of the race. Ayhan had the pleasure of setting a new meeting record with her 3:58.43. Yet again, Alesya Turova [Bel], used her powerful finishing speed, combined with strength, to finish in 3rd place, with 4:01.97. [ results below ] The Men's 800m race report Schumann, who had recently run a PB at the meeting in Brussels, could only manage 5th. But, such is the standard of 800m running in the world at present [with at least 6 faster athletes this year missing] the German finished in a creditable 1:45.41. As is the want of all 800m runners these days, the first 400m was covered in 50.80. Bungai was well placed from the offset and it looked as though he had no intentions of relinquishing his position throughout the race. The 'gritty' athlete took over the front running duties from the pacesetter and was never 'headed' as he powered his way to the finish. The athletes in his 'wake' were left to battle for the remaining places, and this produced dramatic sprints for the finish. [ results below ]
The Men's 5000m race report After the pacesetters had taken the field through the 1st Km in 2:36.98, a tactical feel to the event began to develop with none of the 'big guns' prepared to be amongst the frontrunners. Baumann, however wanted to be up front and he quickly found himself amongst the first 4, who were covering the pace provided. By 3K the pace had dropped to 7:55.75 and all the sparkle of a fast time was gone. The field was bunched going through 4Km and it was great to see Baumann take the lead with 700m to go. The penultimate lap was covered in 61 seconds, however this was to prove to be the undoing of Baumann. With 400m to go the German was passed from all directions and he soon faded out of contention. Going down the backstraight, the blonde head of the Ukrainian athlete, Lebid, shot out from the pack. However, he was never able to establish a lead that would take him to victory and he was soon pounced on by the race winner Luke Kipkosgei of Kenya. Once the Kenyan took the lead, he never looked as though he would succumb to any challengers. With 50m to go, Benjamin Limo, considered it was time to win the race, and his finishing burst took him past all his rivals from 5/6th to 2nd, just .36 off the winner. Kipkosgei's time was 13:10.41 compared to Limo's 13:10.77, with Lebid 3rd in 13:10.78. Benjamin Limo will continue to be an 'enigma' to me, as he shows no interest in producing performances that will place him in the category of 'The Greats'. I for one believe he is well capable of producing times close to 30 seconds faster than Berlin's winning time. Whether, he ever emerges from his present state of mind to an athlete of greatness will be left to Father Time.[ results below ] ISTAF Berlin meeting - Germany Results
5000m 1500m Other results : 100 M Men's Results 800m
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1500m Men "LINE UP". Same call, same event and same result. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco has dominated the 1500m this year with greater ease than he has done in the previous year. After his loss to Noah Ngeny [Kenya], his disappointment led him to think of moving up in distance. However after his close run to his world record last year, chased all the way by Bernard Lagat, he chose to stick to the 1500m. His decision has proved that he is without doubt the World's present and best ever 1500m runner. With no disrespect to Lagat, El Guerrouj is without peer in this event and it comes as no 'chance' that he is the only Middle or Distance runner to be in the final 4 who will keep a share of the jackpot.
The race reports and results for 2002 . 
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again Süreyya Ayhan of Turkey showed the field a clean pair
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