2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
MEN'S 3000m
STEEPLECHASE FINALS

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
MEN'S 3000M
STEEPLECHASE FINALS

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China

Great stretch run for the win for Kenya's Komen
Amazing in that they were together over the last water jump, and
neither stepped on the barrier - about a 20 foot long jump after
seven laps of hurdling and running pretty hard!!

Event Summary: Benjamin Kapligat of Uganda to the field out in a very quick 2:42.08 first kilometer but two laps, passed in 6:08 the field of contenders had been dropped to four: Tareq Taher of Burundi, Bisluke Kiplagat of Kenya, Willy Komen of Kenya and Benjamin Kiplagat of Uganda. Shortly thereafter Benjamin Kiplagat dropped away to finish seventh in 8:34.14. Taher continued to lead with Komen and Bisluke Kiplagat close behind. With one lap remaining, passed in 7:13.54, Koman took a small lead over Taher, who beginning to lose contact but them then pulled even with Komen. As the two went over the final water jump together neither touched the barrier and barely landed in the water and Taher was able to gain a small advantage but then he was overtake by Komen at final hurdle and went on to win, 8:14.00 to 8:16.64. Bisluke Kiplagat was third in 8:18.11.

Official Results - 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Men - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 19:10

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 462 Komen Willy Rutto KEN 8:14.00 (CR)
2 88 Taher Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:16.64
3 460 Kiplagat Bisluke Kipkorir KEN 8:18.11 (PB)
4 500 Aït Bahmad Abdelghani MAR 8:20.05 (NJ)
5 239 Tariku Nahom Mesfin ETH 8:28.29
6 136 Lin Xiangqian CHN 8:30.55
7 738 Kiplagat Benjamin UGA 8:34.14 (PB)
8 372 Tóth László HUN 8:40.93 (PB)
9 588 Malek Salem Saeed QAT 8:43.60 (PB)
10 586 Ali Thamer Kamal QAT 8:48.73
11 473 Al-Amri Ali Ahmed KSA 8:49.88
12 259 Chapuis Vincent FRA 8:55.10