Liu, Isinbayeva fall short
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March 15, 2010, Monday
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OLYMPIC champion Dayron Robles of Cuba won the 60-meter hurdles at the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar, yesterday, edging favorite Terrence Trammell at the line.
Defending champion Liu Xiang of China finished seventh, still suffering from an ankle injury that has hampered him over the past two years and kept him out of the Beijing Olympics.
Robles finished in a championship record of 7.34 seconds, .02 seconds inside the 2004 mark of American Allen Johnson. Trammell finished in 7.36 and fellow American David Oliver took bronze in 7.44.
Earlier, Russia's pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva suffered more championship disappointment when she failed to clear 4.75 meters.
Isinbayeva, who no-heighted at the world outdoor championships in Berlin last year, cleared 4.60 meters at the first attempt before missing out three times at her next height.
Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat won his second 3,000 meters title six years after the first with a stirring last lap.
Lagat, 35, surged past defending champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia with slightly more than a lap to go and handily won in seven minutes 37.97 seconds.
Spain's Sergio Sanchez took second in 7:39.55 with Kenyan Sammy Mutahi third.
Bekele, the brother of Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele, faded to fourth.
"My kids woke up at 7am in the morning to watch their daddy," Lagat said. "So I needed to show them something."
The former double outdoor world champion thrust his right arm into the air in celebration more than 20 meters from the finish, before crossing the line in his season's best time.
Abubaker Kaki of Sudan retained his title in the men's 800, running 1:46.23 to Kenyan silver medalist Boaz Lalang's 1:46:39.
On Saturday, Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title. Chambers, banned for doping for two years in 2003, won the 60 with the year's fastest sprint time, an impressive 6.48 seconds.
American Mike Rodgers took second in 6.53 with Antigua's Daniel Bailey third at 6.57.
Australian Olympic and world pole vault champion Steve Hooker collected the only global title he was missing, the indoor title, with a record 6.01 meters.
Defending champion Liu Xiang of China finished seventh, still suffering from an ankle injury that has hampered him over the past two years and kept him out of the Beijing Olympics.
Robles finished in a championship record of 7.34 seconds, .02 seconds inside the 2004 mark of American Allen Johnson. Trammell finished in 7.36 and fellow American David Oliver took bronze in 7.44.
Earlier, Russia's pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva suffered more championship disappointment when she failed to clear 4.75 meters.
Isinbayeva, who no-heighted at the world outdoor championships in Berlin last year, cleared 4.60 meters at the first attempt before missing out three times at her next height.
Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat won his second 3,000 meters title six years after the first with a stirring last lap.
Lagat, 35, surged past defending champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia with slightly more than a lap to go and handily won in seven minutes 37.97 seconds.
Spain's Sergio Sanchez took second in 7:39.55 with Kenyan Sammy Mutahi third.
Bekele, the brother of Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele, faded to fourth.
"My kids woke up at 7am in the morning to watch their daddy," Lagat said. "So I needed to show them something."
The former double outdoor world champion thrust his right arm into the air in celebration more than 20 meters from the finish, before crossing the line in his season's best time.
Abubaker Kaki of Sudan retained his title in the men's 800, running 1:46.23 to Kenyan silver medalist Boaz Lalang's 1:46:39.
On Saturday, Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title. Chambers, banned for doping for two years in 2003, won the 60 with the year's fastest sprint time, an impressive 6.48 seconds.
American Mike Rodgers took second in 6.53 with Antigua's Daniel Bailey third at 6.57.
Australian Olympic and world pole vault champion Steve Hooker collected the only global title he was missing, the indoor title, with a record 6.01 meters.
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