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Defar Breaks Women's 5,000 World Record
Last year, 24-year-old twice equaled the world record of 9.77 he set in June 2005 in Athens, Greece.
He shares the mark with Justin Gatlin of the United States, who has acknowledged a doping violation and faces being stripped of the record.
  Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, in action towards a new world record in the 5000m event for women at the Golden League Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway Friday June 15 2007.(AP Photo/Jon Eeg / Scanpix Norway) (Jon Eeg - AP) |
In the women's 100, Stephanie Durst of the United States won in 11.21 to edge Sheri-Ann Brooks of Jamaica by 0.1.
In the men's discus, Virgilijus Alekna broke the Bislett stadium record with a throw of 231 feet, 4 inches (70.51 meters).
"I was tense early on, but then I relaxed and threw well," said Alekna, the two-time Olympic and world champion from Lithuania who is unbeaten since August 2005.
Gerd Kanter of Estonia, who is the world leader so far this year at 236-3 (72.02), finished second at 217-7 (66.33) and Poland's Piotr Malachowski third at 216-6 (66.00).
Jurgen Schult of Germany set the world record of 243-0 (74.08) in 1986. Alekna has the world's second best throw, a 242-5 (73.88).
Other early winners included Sweden's Johan Wissman in the 200 meters in 20.32 seconds and Kenya's Brimin Kipruto in the 1,500 in 3 minutes, 36.27 seconds.
