2011 Meeting International Mohammed VI (Rabat, Morocco):2:15.31 for 1,000m by Amine Laalou, 36.2 for 100m by Asafa Powell (cramp), official results courtesy of IAAF, note by Larry Eder

Amine Laalou, 2010 Continental Cup, Split, photo by PhotoRun.net

Asafa Powell, 2011 Shanghai DL, photo by PhotoRun.net

Amine Laalou ran a world leading 1,000 meters today in Rabat, Morrocco, with a fine time of 2:15.31. In the men’s 100 meters, in what should have been an easy day in the office, Asafa Powell was timed in 36.2, a bit slower than he normally runs.

Per agent Paul Doyle, off twitter, Asafa probably had a cramp in his hamstring and slowed it down rather than injure himself. With the Jamaican champs three weeks from now, we wish Asafa a very speedy recovery.

05/06/2011

Meeting International Mohammed VI d’AthlâˆšÂ©tisme
Rabat, 05/06/2011

Men’ results

100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.5 m/s

    1 Ouhadi , Aziz                    MAR      10.27
    2 Obikwelu , Francis               POR      10.31
    3 Emelieze , Peter                 NGR      10.40
    4 Egwero , Ogho-Oghene             NGR      10.41
    5 Magakwe , Simon                  RSA      10.42
    6 MeitâˆšÂ© , Ben Youssef              CIV      10.45
    7 Powell , Asafa                   JAM      36.13
      Bouchakour , Abdelhadi           ALG         DQ

200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.7 m/s

    1 BorlâˆšÂ©e , Jonathan                BEL      20.42
    2 Waugh , Ainsley                  JAM      20.52
    3 Boase , Jordan                   USA      20.52
    4 Anderson , Marvin                JAM      20.59
    5 Seoud , Amr Ibrahim Mostafa      EGY      20.71
    6 Dzingai , Brian                  ZIM      20.72
    7 Hession , Paul                   IRL      20.87
    8 Idrissi Zougari , Khalid         MAR      21.45

400 Metres – Men

    1 Gordon , Lalonde                 TRI      45.51
    2 Collazo , William                CUB      45.57
    3 Rooney , Martyn                  GBR      46.19
    4 Greene , David                   GBR      46.29
    5 Hurtault , Erison                DMA      46.38
    6 Sanford , Donald                 USA      46.72
    7 Rahmani , Miloud                 ALG      47.07
    8 El-Maadadi , Marouane            MAR      47.22

1000 Metres – Men

    1 Laalou , Amine                   MAR    2:15.31
    2 Lewandowski , Marcin             POL    2:15.76
    3 Al-Azemi , Mohammad              KUW    2:15.84
    4 Ismail , Ismail Ahmed            SUD    2:18.15
    5 Rono , Geoffrey Kipkoech         KEN    2:18.30
    6 Okken , Arnoud                   NED    2:18.60
    7 Kinyor , Job                     KEN    2:18.87
    8 Mikhou , Seddik                  MAR    2:22.28
      El Amine , Mohcine               MAR        DNF

1500 Metres – Men

    1 Cheboi , Collins                 KEN    3:33.82
    2 Mekhissi-Benabbad , Mahiedine    FRA    3:33.86
    3 Elkaam , Fouad                   MAR    3:34.01
    4 Iguider , Abdalaati

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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