World Championships
Edmonton, Alberta, August 3-12, 2001
Photos by Alison Wade/www.nyrrc.org

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Day One (8/3): Men's Marathon (Click here for race story)
Day Two (8/4): Men's 800m First Round
Day Three (8/5): Men's 100m Final, Men's 800m Semi Finals
Day Four (8/6): Men's 5,000m Prelims, Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Prelims
Day Five (8/7): Men's 800m Final
Day Six (8/8): Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Final, Men's 10,000m Final
Day Seven (8/9): Men's 1,500m Heats, Men's 110m Hurdles Final and Men's 200m Final
Day Eight (8/10): Men's 400m Hurdles Final and 1,500m Semi Finals, Men's 5,000m Final
Day Ten (8/12): Men's 1,500m Final
Women's Photos

Charles Kamathi of Kenya and Mebrahtom Keflezighi of the U.S. at the start of the 10,000m final.	Paul Kosgei, Haile Gebrselassie and Habte Jifar lead early on.	U.S. 10,000m champion Abdihakem Abdirahman.	Kamiel Maase of the Netherlands.
A young Canadian fan cheers on Jeff Schiebler (and others).	Across the front of the pack it's Schiebler, #333 Yibeltal Admassu, Kosgei, Kamathi, #320 Fabian Roncero and Assefa Mezgebu.	#658 Toshinari Takaoka of Japan (15th, 28:13.99) takes a turn leading the still tightly-bunched pack.	With John Cheruiyot Korir in the lead (followed by Mezgebu, Kosgei and Admassu on his outside), the pack begins to stretch out.
Meb Keflezighi runs next to Paul Kosgei.	Up front it's Abdirahman (#1138), Schiebler, Kosgei, Kamathi, Mezgebu and Takaoka.	The great Haile Gebreselassie who, heading into this race, hadn't lost an Olympic or World Championship 10,000m race since 1992.	Fabian Roncero of Spain (5th, 27:56.07).
John Henwood of New Zealand (25th, 29:01.62).	Kamathi and Gebrselassie run among the leaders.	Kamal Kohil of Algeria (24th, 28:52.47).	Alan Culpepper (18th, 28:18.44) was in great shape heading in but couldn't hang with the pack when the pace picked up.
With less than two laps to go, it's Mezgebu, Kamathi, Admassu and Gebrselassie leading.	Abdirahman was feeling good, thinking he could finally run with the Kenyans and Ethiopians when he got a side stitch and had to drop back. He finished 19th in 28:34.38.	With one lap to go, three Kenyans, four Ethiopians and two Spaniards are still in contention.	R-L: Gebrselassie, Kosgei, Admassu, Roncero, Mezgebu, Jose Rios, Kamathi, Korir and Jifar.
Kamathi proved to have the best kick, winning in 27:53.25 over Mezgebu's 27:53.97 and Gebrselassie's 27:54.41.	Kamathi crosses the finish line (we're not exactly sure what caused the white cloud in the photo but he looks like he's about to take flight).	Jifar and Gebrselassie support silver medallist Mezgebu.	The U.S. squad -- Keflezighi (23rd, 28:44.48), Abdirahman and Culpepper (18th, 28:18.44). Culpepper didn't pass Abdirahman until the last lap but beat him by 16 seconds, indicating what kind of pain Abdirahman's side stitch caused him.
	Three of the four Ethiopians (Mezgebu, Gebrselassie and Admassu) finish up their victory lap.	The three Kenyans pose for a photo. Winner Kamathi is on the right.