--- In afrosportswomen@yahoogroups.com, spliff2034 <spliff2034@...>
wrote:
Those Russians probably ran their world record on a 198m track! Defar
made a gap of four seconds in the final lap alone.

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> At the indoor world chalmpionships in Moscow, Meseret Defar has won
the 3000m. She ran in second or third position until the last 400m.
Then she accelerated and she ran the final lap in less than 28 seconds.
Her total time was 8.38, a championships record. Defar was already
defending champion and olympic champion on the 5000m.
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