Results of Rieti Grand Prix 2010

Rieti Grand Prix 2010- Lagat sets 3000m American record 

On Sunday, the 36-year-old Bernard Lagat, at the Rieti Grand Prix in Italy, broke Bob Kennedy's American record by doing 7:29.00 in the 3000m men's final. The race ended in a runner-up finish to Ethiopian Tariku Bakele. Bob Kennedy's record of 7:30.84 American record has been around from 1998.

To everyone's amazement and wonder, in the women's 1500m race, Jamal Maryam Yusuf from Bahrain came in first with a creditable time of 3min 58.93sec with her country fellow runner Mimi Belete coming in second with a time of 4min 00.25sec.

In the 800m race, David Rudisha of Kenya came in first with a time of 1min 41.01sec. He was paced by his country runner by the name of Sammy Tangui for the first round. The time stood at 48.20sec for the first round. Sammy, then pulled over after the first round. Later, it was  Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva's job to push the pace as much as possible to enable David Rudisha to break the world record again. At the last 250metres it was left for David to do the work of breaking the record again.

800 Metres - Men Race 

1 Rudisha , David Lekuta KEN 1:41.01
2 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat KEN 1:42.95
3 Symmonds , Nick USA 1:43.76
4 Rimmer , Michael GBR 1:43.89
5 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 1:44.10
6 Casado , Arturo ESP 1:44.74
7 Kivuva , Jackson Mumbwa KEN 2:23.39
Tangui , Sammy KEN DNF

1500 Metres - Men

1 Kiprop , Asbel KEN 3:31.78
2 Kiplagat , Silas KEN 3:31.97
3 Chepseba , Nixon Kiplimo KEN 3:32.42
4 Kamel , Yusuf Saad BRN 3:33.06
5 Rono , Geoffrey Kipkoech KEN 3:33.2
6 Choge , Augustine Kiprono KEN 3:33.99
7 Daba , Demma ETH 3:34.16
8 Torrence , David USA 3:34.

3000 Metres - Men

1 Bekele , Tariku ETH 7:28.70
2 Lagat , Bernard USA 7:29.00
3 Soi , Edwin Cheruiyot KEN 7:29.75
4 Kipkoech , John KEN 7:32.72
5 Solinsky , Chris USA 7:34.32
6 Tahri , Bouabdellah FRA 7:35.50
7 Birmingham , Collis AUS 7:38.77
8 Rashed , Essa Ismail QAT 7:39


1500 Metres - Women

1 Jamal , Maryam Yusuf BRN 3:58.93

2 Belete , Mimi BRN 4:00.25
3 Déhiba Chahyd , Hind FRA 4:01.07
4 Rowbury , Shannon USA 4:01.63
5 Måkestad Bovim , Ingvill NOR 4:02.20
6 Mishchenko , Anna UKR 4:03.14
7 Donohue , Erin USA 4:03.49
8 Plis , Renata POL 4:06.76

3000m Women

1 Kibet , Sylvia Jebiwott KEN 8:39.07

2 Cherono , Mercy KEN 8:42.09
3 Korikwiang , Pauline Chemning KEN 8:43.67
4 Metcalfe , Megan CAN 8:44.29
5 Mrisho , Zakia TAN 8:44.53
6 Rionoripo , Purity Cherotich KEN 8:44.54
7 Ndiema , Esther Chemtai KEN 8:46.66
8 Clitheroe , Helen GBR 8:51.82