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The two highest placers in the women's m steeplechase at this meet "who have also met the IAAF World Junior Championships qualifying standard [ The USA meet entry standard for m steeple is USATF has further details on its website at the following link: Seven of the meets will include the women's steeplechase. It also marked the first time in history Americans have gone in an Olympic or World Championships steeplechase, as teammate Courtney Frerichs finished second. Frerichs in 'fantasy land' after London steeplechase silver November 8, At an IAAF World Championships London full of surprises, there were few bigger than the sight of Courtney Frerichs chasing home her American compatriot Emma Coburn and taking the silver medal in the women's m steeplechase.

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Prior to the World Championships, you could have been forgiven a little for saying "Courtney who? Emma Coburn just had the wedding every running couple dreams of October 18, Coburn had yet another reason to celebrate when she and husband Joe Bosshard said "I do" in Hawaii this past weekend.

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And their wedding was straight out of a running couple's fairytale. I am balancing the life of an athlete, event organizer, and bride. I'm not sure which role suits me best, but I know I couldn't do it without the help of Joe, who balances the roles of coach, co-event organizer, and groom. Kenya's world champion Hyvin Kiyeng and US record-holder Emma Coburn, the silver and bronze medallist in Rio, will also be aiming to start their outdoor season with a bang in Doha Pain Has a Purpose by Leah O'Connor March 21, Why do some people throw in the towel when faced with disappointment and bleak circumstances while others find the courage to continue marching forward?

That's a question I've had to ask and research pretty extensively the last two years The Healthy Reasons Why Emma Coburn Plans to Gain Weight for Her Wedding March 16, Emma Coburn, the Olympic bronze medalist in the steeplechase, is the picture of athleticism anybody would expect from a world-class runner-chiseled, muscular, and fit.

Coburn broke the American record in May at the Prefontaine Classic 9: As if that weren't enough, she got engaged to longtime boyfriend and former University of Colorado All-American Joe Bosshard in November and on December 2 made headlines again as she announced she was splitting from coaches Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs, who had mentored her since she enrolled at Colorado in Coburn will remain in Boulder in , where Bosshard will take over as her coach At this time last year I was a student-athlete at the University of New Mexico, thinking about grades and winter break as much as training and racing.

Chris continued to enjoy running. Maybe he even thought that if there are hindrances in the way, maybe he should overcome them rather than trying to go through them. It was no wonder that Brasher thus became a hurdler. He was not one to take on the world, but rather a runner willing to try new ways. Wait for the all-important Olympic Games!

But he was disqualified after his victory, as he supposedly hindered the Norwegian Ernst Larsen while he was taking over the lead on the last lap. The Norwegian said, however, that he did not feel like he had been hindered. Thus Heinz Laufer b. May 23, in Schwenningen had to give back his bronze medal finishing in a very good 8: John Disley, the bronze medal winner from Melbourne, came in 6th in 8: The surprise winner in Helsinki, Ashenfelter, ran the same preliminary time he did 4 years previously 8: Ekkehard zur Megede presented Chris Brasher as he was during the rest of his successful life.

Chris Brasher passed away last year. The evening before the race, his son Hugh organised a fund raising dinner, which was attended by Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Chris Chataway, Lord Sebastian Coe and John Disley, CBS, and more honorary guests who had been ennobled by the queen—including many famous runners whose names have been listed here already.

Christopher Brasher GBR 8: Sandor Rozsnyoi HUN 8: Ernst Larsen NOR 8: Semjon Rshischtschin URS 8: Three Soviet runners, who were hoping for a triple victory, also made it to the finals. The Polish world record holder, however, thwarted their efforts.

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Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL 8: Nikolai Sokolow URS 8: Gaston Roelants BEL 8: Tokyo — Three German runners did not make it past the preliminaries. Gaston Roelants, who was 4th in Rome, had since become the new world record holder in 8: He wanted to top his world record in Tokyo with a gold medal. In the preliminaries he ran a safe time to second, but he knew it would be a good race, with the winner of his preliminary, the Russian Aleksejunas, setting a new Olympic record in 8: Since he was not a great sprinter, Roelants kept up the pace from the beginning and soon had a 50 metre lead as they entered the last lap.

Although he did not have the power to set a new world record due to his constant work at the front, he did set a new Olympic record. Maurice Herriott GBR 8: Iwan Beljajew URS 8: Manuel Oliveira POR 8: George Young USA 8: Mexico — Three German runners in the preliminaries — Kenya begins panning for gold. Megede wrote a few interesting and amusing words about Amos Kipwabok Biwott b. September 8, in Uasin Gishu, 1. He kept up the pace and won in 8: His technique, if one could call it that, over the water pit also amazed the spectators.

He crossed the water pit more like a triple jumper. In the finals he was in the mid field, much slower than in the preliminaries. Roelants, the defending champion, tried to take the lead, and no one paid much heed to Biwott. In the preliminaries Biwott ran the last m in 3: There was a double victory for Kenya—and the start of a long winning series for the men from Africa.

The defending champion Gaston Roelants went down in the final race and only came in 7th.


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Amos Biwott KEN 8: Benjamin Kogo KEN 8: Munich — Another double victory for Kenya — three German runners did not qualify for the finals. In Munich, the Kenyans repeated their double victory.

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But this time a m runner—the Olympic champion from Mexico, Kipchoge Keino. He had actually planned on running the m and m or 10,m, but the timing of the races did not make that possible. So he decided to run the steeplechase instead.


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The Germans were eliminated in the preliminaries: Willi Maier in 8: Three Finns and three Kenyans are in the finals, but no one wanted to set the pace. A record time had been expected, but the opposite was the case. After the last water pit the Finn Kantanen took off, but Keino pulled up suddenly from the background and ran to victory.

Ben Jipcho started his sprint too late, but was still able to catch Kantanen — another double victory for Kenya. Kipchoge Keino KEN 8: Benjamin Jipcho KEN 8: Tapio Kantanen FIN 8: Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8: Montreal — Frank Baumgartl with the bronze medal — Michael Karst fifth. Willi Maier came in ninth in the 1st preliminary in 8: But two German runners still made it to the finals.

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He caught his back leg on the hurdle, fell, jumped up quickly and saved the bronze medal with his great sprint Michael Karst had been injured for a long time and it took a while for him to get back in shape. He ran a smart race, kept in the mid field but he was not able to close the gap to the leading group. But he ran a good 5th place finish. No Kenyans were to be seen in Montreal as the Africans had boycotted the Games. The silver medallist from Montreal finally became champion: Bronislaw Malinowski POL , fourth in Munich and 2-time European champion and , crowned his career with a gold medal in Moscow.

There were two intermediate races in Moscow. Wolfgang Konrad AUT came in 4th in the 1st preliminary in 8: Filbert Bayi TAN 8: Eshetu Tura ETH 8: In Los Angeles there were no German runners at the start. The runners from Kenya returned to victory with the superior runner, Julius Korir.

Brian Diemer won the bronze medal in front of a home crowd, taking the medal from another favourite, Henry Marsh.

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Julius Korir KEN 8: Joseph Mahmoud FRA 8: Brian Diemer USA 8: Henry Marsh USA 8: Seoul — Hagen Melzer tenth — Jens Volkmann in the intermediates. Kenya accomplished another double victory with Kariuki and Koech, taking home the fourth gold medal for Kenya in the steeplechase. He came in 8th there in 8: Hagen Melzer finished 10th in the finals in a time of 8: Julius Kariuki KEN 8: Peter Koech KEN 8: Mark Rowland GBR 8: Barcelona — Steffen Brand is 5th — Hagen Melzer in the semi-finals. The Kenyans filled the top three spots in the finals. Hagen Melzer ran 8: Mathew Birir KEN 8: Patrick Sang KEN 8: William Mutwol KEN 8: Alessandro Lambruschini ITA 8: Steffen Brand almost repeated his results from Barcelona and was 6th in 8: Martin Strege came in 10th in the finals in 8: Kim Bauermeister ran 8: The runners from Kenya again had a double victory, and their third runner came in fourth.

Joseph Keter KEN 8: Moses Kiptanui KEN 8: Sandro Lambruschini ITA 8: Matthew Birir KEN 8: Mark Croghan USA 8: As fifth in his preliminary in 8: He was not able to get back into his run after the fall, even though he only lost 10m, and finished in a disappointing 15th place in 9: It was a slow pace, nothing to compare with the finals in either Atlanta or Barcelona.

Again Kenya left with a double victory, as well as a fourth-place finish for the third Kenyan runner. Reuben Kosgei KEN 8: Ali Ezzine MAR 8: Bernard Barmasai KEN 8: The world champion and European champion titles suggest that the German runners could do better. As the past has shown, often there were no German participants at all, or if they were present they did not make it to the finals.

As things are looking, unfortunately, the record will not get any better in the next few years. Interesting tips and supplementary information on the great Olympic history of the addressed topics may be sent to: More news can be found in our news archive. Please activate JavaScript in your browser. Until then we will finish introducing the last three of the eleven running disciplines, as well as naming the favourites for the Olympic gold medals.

This series, however, is on the history of Olympic running—about the past, rich in medals, of the German track and field athletes from both East GDR and West FRG in the events starting at m. The 69 medals are distributed among 17 countries. Franz Duhne no time Paris — m steeplechase — another 6th-place finish for Franz Duhne The American Orton had hoped to win both distances, but he became ill in the night from Sunday to Monday.

Franz Duhne no time St. Louis — m steeplechase — Lightbody wins the steeplechase and the m John J. Horst Milde Interesting tips and supplementary information on the great Olympic history of the addressed topics may be sent to: Eliud Kipchoge, Marathon Champion: