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David
Krummenacker wins the 1,000m run in 2:20.91.
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Patrick
Nduwimana (right, fifth, 2:22.24) congratulates Berhanu
Alemu (second, 2:21.19).
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Tim
Broe gets ready for the most anticipated event of
the evening, the Reebok men's 3,000m.
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Bolota
Asmerom ran a strong 5,000m at the 2004 U.S. Olympic
Trials but narrowly missed making the team.
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The
3,000m race was dedicated to Alem Techale, Kenenisa
Bekele's fiancée, who died suddenly on a training
run just 25 days earlier.
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L-R:
Markos Geneti, Jon Riley, Charlie Gruber, Steve Slattery,
and Bolota Asmerom.
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Some
of the Americans in the race had their eye on Tim
Broe's American Record of 7:39.23 from 2002.
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The
runners who started on the outside ran a two-turn
stagger, but Kenenisa Bekele erroneously...
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...ran
a three-turn stagger, staying outside the yellow line
at the start of the second lap and running...
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...some
extra distance. The error wasn't too costly, but it
was an early sign that Bekele's focus wasn't at its
best.
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Canada's
Kevin Sullivan leads 2004 U.S. Olympian Tim Broe.
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Bolota
Asmerom leads Steve Slattery, Charlie Gruber, and
Jon Riley.
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Anexander
Skvortsov was the designated rabbit.
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Alistair
Cragg, a native of South Africa, citizen of Ireland,
and former University of Arkansas standout, follows
the rabbit.
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After
his three-turn stagger, Bekele tucked in behind Cragg
and Markos Geneti, who had already put a gap on the
rest of the field.
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Kevin
Sullivan leads the rest of the field.
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Broe
leads the other four U.S. runners.
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Jon
Riley, a 2004 U.S. Olympian and native of nearby Brookline,
Massachusetts.
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Skvortsov
continues to set the pace...
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...and
Bekele continues to run in fourth place, at the back
of the lead pack.
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