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The Norwich Union London Grand Prix is being webcast live on WCSN.com (for a fee) from 1:00-4:00 ET today.
Tirunesh Dibaba just won the 3,000 (8:29.55) and Carrie Tollefson led the U.S. runners with an 8:44.63. The men's 5,000 features a field that should be of interest to U.S. track fans, with seven Americans in the star-studded field.
Update: Behind Carrie Tollefson's 3,000m PR, Amy Rudolph finished 11th in 9:00.35 and Sara Hall finished 16th in 9:34.90. Lauren Fleshman was listed as a DNF and Lindsey Gallo, who served as the rabbit, had a planned DNF.
Hazel Clark was the lone U.S. representative in the 800; she finished fourth in 1:59.48.
The highly-anticipated men's 5,000 was a tactical race won by Bernard Lagat (12:59.22), who outkicked Kenenisa Bekele on the last lap. Lagat's time was only 1.01 seconds slower than Bob Kennedy's American record. Lagat remains the #2 U.S. performer of all time and his performance is the third fastest, behind Bob Kennedy's 12:58.21 (Zurich, August 14, 1996) and 12:58.75 (Stockholm, July 8, 1996).
Behind Lagat, it was a mixed bag for the other U.S. runners in the field. Adam Goucher finished ninth in 13:15.94, Abdi Abdirahman was 10th in 13:18.89, Rod Koborsi was 11th in 13:33.82, and Ryan Hall finished 13th in 13:58.69. Daniel Lincoln and Jorge Torres did not finish the race.
Posted by Alison Wade at 2:09 p.m. | Tags: Webcast, Race Results