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Seville, Alfred and Koech Shine in London Rain
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 19 – Eighteen-year-old Koech defeated British world champion Josh Kerr with a time of 3:28.82 in a high-quality 1500m race at the London Diamond League meeting.
- At London's Olympic Stadium on Saturday, Koech overtook Kerr inside the final 200 metres, winning the 1,500m in 3:28.82.
- In the past month, Koech had burst onto the global radar by running a world under-20 record of 3:27.72 in Paris on June 20.
- Meanwhile, Medina Eisa edged Fantaye Belayneh to win the women's 5,000m in 14:30.97 as Belayneh set a personal best of 14:30.90.
- In response to the upset, Kerr said `The title lives here`, while Wightman insisted there's no need to panic two months from Tokyo.
- A sold-out crowd of 60,000 braved early storms as athletes build towards the world championships in Tokyo in September.
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Athletics-Seville, Alfred and Koech shine in London rain
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust on Saturday as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 metres in a hot 9.86 seconds. Seville, so impressive through the rounds at last year’s Olympics before coming last in the final, roared into a two-metre lead after 20 metres and was never threatened as he came home clear, with Lyle…
England is the mother of modern athletics. She saw him born, welcomed him, cared for him, pampered him. London’s Olympic Stadium is filled with 60,000 souls to vibrate with its athletes, to enjoy the records, to show his wisdom, his athletic culture. A very London sky, plump, ash grey, received athletes without downloading too much rain and had the British elegance of giving way to the sun in the final moments. Wet track, but without puddles. 19…
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