Alex Ray
04-28-2007, 07:04 AM
Source: www.adidastrackclassic.com (http://www.adidastrackclassic.com)
Published: April 27, 2007
Olympic gold medalists Jeremy Wariner and Meseret Defar have committed to run in the adidas Track Classic on May 20, organizers announced today. Ranked #1 in the world, Wariner will compete at 400 meters, while Defar may have her eye on the 2-Mile World Record.
A double gold medalist (400m, 4x400m relay) at the 2004 Olympics, Wariner is also the reigning World Champion. His personal best of 43.62 already makes him the fourth-fastest man in history, and he is widely viewed as the athlete most likely to break Michael Johnson’s 400-meter World Record.
Defar, from Ethiopia, is one of the top distance runners in the world, as well as one of the fiercest. Ranked #1 in the world at 5000 meters, she already holds the World Records for 5000 meters outdoors (14:24.53) and 3000 meters indoors (8:23.72). The current women’s world best for 2 Miles is 9:11.97, set by Regina Jacobs in 1999.
At 3000 meters, Ireland’s Alistair Cragg, the 2005 European Indoor Champion, will face Anthony Famiglietti, a 2004 Olympian and 2007 US 8K champion, and Abdi Abdirahman, a two-time US Olympian at 10,000 meters. With Mexico’s Juan Luis Barrios previously announced, the race will be a rematch of the men who went 1-2 in the recent Mt. SAC Relays 5000 meters, in which Barrios edged Famiglietti, 13:11.37 to 13:11.93.
They join Allyson Felix, the reigning World Champion at 200 meters; Tyson Gay, the world’s fastest 100m/200m sprinter; and Ana Guevara of Mexico, the 2003 World Champion at 400 meters. More Olympic and World Championship medalists will be announced soon.
Published: April 27, 2007
Olympic gold medalists Jeremy Wariner and Meseret Defar have committed to run in the adidas Track Classic on May 20, organizers announced today. Ranked #1 in the world, Wariner will compete at 400 meters, while Defar may have her eye on the 2-Mile World Record.
A double gold medalist (400m, 4x400m relay) at the 2004 Olympics, Wariner is also the reigning World Champion. His personal best of 43.62 already makes him the fourth-fastest man in history, and he is widely viewed as the athlete most likely to break Michael Johnson’s 400-meter World Record.
Defar, from Ethiopia, is one of the top distance runners in the world, as well as one of the fiercest. Ranked #1 in the world at 5000 meters, she already holds the World Records for 5000 meters outdoors (14:24.53) and 3000 meters indoors (8:23.72). The current women’s world best for 2 Miles is 9:11.97, set by Regina Jacobs in 1999.
At 3000 meters, Ireland’s Alistair Cragg, the 2005 European Indoor Champion, will face Anthony Famiglietti, a 2004 Olympian and 2007 US 8K champion, and Abdi Abdirahman, a two-time US Olympian at 10,000 meters. With Mexico’s Juan Luis Barrios previously announced, the race will be a rematch of the men who went 1-2 in the recent Mt. SAC Relays 5000 meters, in which Barrios edged Famiglietti, 13:11.37 to 13:11.93.
They join Allyson Felix, the reigning World Champion at 200 meters; Tyson Gay, the world’s fastest 100m/200m sprinter; and Ana Guevara of Mexico, the 2003 World Champion at 400 meters. More Olympic and World Championship medalists will be announced soon.