World leads set, national records tumble on action-packed programme in Birmingham
20 February 2010 - Birmingham, UK – The injured Kenenisa Bekele may not have made it to Birmingham for the Aviva Grand Prix this afternoon, but the National Indoor Arena still witnessed distance running of the highest order from some world class Ethiopians alongside two top notch field events and a pair of scintillating sprint hurdles races.
* Dibaba turns back Cheruiyot in fast two-miler
* Burka’s hot streak continues
* Mekkonen leads host of 1500m PBs as well
* Meadows thrills with 800m national record
* Olsson’s comeback continues with world-leading 17.32m leap
* Another Brazilian record as confident Murer moves up to No. 3 all-time
* Robles building momentum towards Doha
* Jeter beats Laverne Jones by a hair’s breadth
* Rybakov leaps 2.31m
* Gillick matches his own Irish record
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