XL Galan: Galen Rupp 7:30.16, Aman, 1:45.07, Souleiman, 2:17.05, Abebe, 3:58.40WL, Dibaba, 8:26.57WL, Silva, 4.78m, Six World Leaders in Stockholm! results courtesy of IAAF.org, notes by Larry Eder

Galen Rupp,

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Mohammed Aman,

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Abeba Aregawi,

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Genzebe Dibaba, photo by PhotoRun.net

Yarislay Silva,

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The XL Galan meet was, once again, another tremendous example of how exciting an indoor track meet can be! Six world leaders, with some amazing performances that show European athletes, but also Athletes from the US, Middle East and North Africa amazingly fit!

Mohammed Aman ran 1:45.07, winning by over a second and taking Michael Rimmer’s WL by 1.5 seconds! Aman continues to impress! Ayanleh Souleiman of Qatar ran a fine 2:17.05, a world leader at 1,000 meters. Marcin Lewandowski continued his fine running in 2013, with his 2:17.77. Matt Centrowitz, who finished sixth, ran 2:19.56, five days after his 3:51.34 mile.

And then there is Galen Rupp. Galen was hoping for a 5,000 meters last weekend, but the race was cancelled in Birmingham at the British Athletics Grand Prix. Galen, running his second 3,000 meters of the season, ran a brilliant 7:30.16, which set an AR for the 3,000 meters and also gave Galen the world leader! With his 3:50.92 in the mile this indoor season, Galen is showing that he has some serious leg speed, and his last 2,000 meters in the 10,000 meters will be something to see!

Michel Torneus, the Swedish long jumper, picked the right meet to shine, jumping a fine 8.20m, giving Mr. Menkov (8.22m this season) someone to think about! Torneus is my spoiler pick for the Europeans, March 1-3.

On the womens’ side, well, all I can say, is, “Amazing”!

Abeba Aregawi won the 1,500 meters by over twelve seconds! She also ran the world leading 3:58.40, by herself, missing the world record by .12! What the heck? Aregawi has run some fast times in the past, but this indoors, and so early in the year? Dynamo Hum!

Then, to keep in interesting, Genzeba Dibaba runs the 3,000m in 8:26.57. Winning by 22 seconds over Eliish McColgan, the daughter of WC Liz McColgan, who ran 8:49.31.

Oh, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce sure looks good, running 7.04, screaming the 60 meters. Notice Irene Ecklund, of Sweden, who ran 7.34. Irene is fifteen, and broke the Swedish junior record! Nice to see some Swedish juniors coming through the system.

Yarislay Silva, of Cuba, the Olympic silver medalist, jumped 4.78m, the new World Leader, and tried 4.81m. She is looking strong. Holly Bleasdale cleared 4.45m, a minimal day for the young Brit who has cleared 4.77m this season. Angelica Bengston also cleared 4.45m.

Stockholm, 21/02/2013

Men’ results

400 Metres – Men Race 1

1 Yousif , Rabah SUD 46.79

2 Santos , Luguellen DOM 46.79

3 Duerinck , Nils BEL 47.59

4 Nordkvist , Alexander SWE 48.81

400 Metres – Men Race 2

1 Maslik , Pavel CZE 46.34

2 Strachan , Richard GBR 46.68

3 Gordon , Lalonde TRI 47.19

4 Ekelund-Arenander , Nick DEN 47.36

800 Metres – Men Race 1

1 Balhan , Pierre BEL 1:49.28

2 Learmonth , Guy GBR 1:49.33

3 Bube , Andreas DEN 1:49.53

4 Kubista , Jan CZE 1:50.00

5 Gunnarsson , Rickard SWE 1:50.27

6 Hairane , Jamal QAT 1:50.82

7 Almgren , Andreas SWE 1:51.14

8 Kipkoech , Nicholas Kiplangat KEN 1:52.29

9 Svensson , Johan SWE 1:53.76

800 Metres – Men Race 2

1 Aman , Mohammed ETH 1:45.05WL

2 Kszczot , Adam POL 1:46.62

3 Kitum , Timothy KEN 1:47.61

4 Chemut , Anthony KEN 1:47.79

5 Rogestedt , Johan SWE 1:48.51

6 Balla , Musaeb Abdulrahman QAT 1:50.35

7 Kaki , Abubaker SUD 1:50.47

Scherer , Matthew USA DNF

1000 Metres – Men

1 Souleiman , Ayanleh DJI 2:17.05WL

2 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 2:17.77

3 Osagie , Andrew GBR 2:18.78

4 Vojta , Andreas AUT 2:19.20

5 Rimmer , Michael GBR 2:19.20

6 Centrowitz , Matthew USA 2:19.56

7 Mohammed , Mukhtar GBR 2:21.13

8 Chebli , Lotfi ALG 2:21.91

Bett , Reuben KEN DNF

Kombich , Ismael Kipngetich KEN DNF

3000 Metres – Men

1 Rupp , Galen USA 7:30.16WL

2 Ndiku , Caleb Mwangangi KEN 7:31.66

3 Iguider , Abdalaati MAR 7:34.92

4 Koech , Paul Kipsiele KEN 7:38.35

5 Ibrahimov , Hayle AZE 7:39.59

6 Rop , Albert KEN 7:40.16

7 Cheru , Tesfaye ETH 7:43.47

8 Wote , Aman ETH 7:43.99

9 Tahri , Bouabdellah FRA 7:44.18

10 Hallil , Necerddine ALG 7:52.07

11 Sandells , Niclas FIN 8:02.33

12 Wallereg , Olle SWE 8:05.98

13 Hyden , Johan SWE 8:09.23

Seurei , Benson KEN DNF

Rono , Vincent KEN DNF

60 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 1

1 O’Farrill , Yordan L. CUB 7.76

2 Kanervo , Jussi FIN 7.84

3 Shaker , Amir SWE 7.92

4 Lalav , Filip SWE 8.00

60 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 2

1 Ortega , Orlando CUB 7.62

2 Xie , Wenjun CHN 7.68

3 Nossmy , Philip SWE 7.79

4 Vukicevic , Vladimir NOR 7.80

5 Frankis , Gianni GBR 7.87

6 Craddock , Kevin USA 8.61

Long Jump – Men

1 Torneus , Michel SWE 8.20

2 Mokoena , Godfrey Khotso RSA 8.15

3 Li , Jinzhe CHN 8.11

4 Shalin , Pavel RUS 7.92

5 Tsokonas , Yevryios GRE 7.91

6 Tomlinson , Christopher GBR 7.88

7 Burton , Matthew GBR 7.84

8 Yun , Zhiming CHN 7.78

9 Meliz , Luis Felipe ESP 7.67

10 Otterling , Andreas SWE 7.47

11 Haapala , Eero FIN 7.41

12 Sunneborn , Mattias SWE 7.38

Women’ results

60 Metres – Women

1 Fraser-Pryce , Shelly-Ann JAM 7.04

2 Ryemyen , Mariya UKR 7.17

3 Soumari , Myriam FRA 7.22

4 Ekelund , Irene SWE 7.32

5 Pohrebnyak , Nataliya UKR 7.41

Jones-Ferrette , LaVerne ISV DQ

400 Metres – Women Race 2

1 Floyd , Ebony USA 52.40

2 Hejnova , Zuzana CZE 52.42

3 Hjelmer , Moa SWE 52.93

4 Kloster , Line NOR 53.25

400 Metres – Women Race 1

1 Rosolova , Denisa CZE 52.57

2 Magnusson , Josefin SWE 55.42

3 Persson , Frida SWE 55.53

4 Tornemark , Pernilla SWE 55.64

1500 Metres – Women

1 Aregawi , Abeba SWE 3:58.40WL

2 Embaye , Axumawit ETH 4:09.11

3 Arafi , Rababe MAR 4:09.36

4 Clement Moser , Treniere USA 4:12.09

5 Belete , Mimi BRN 4:12.16

6 Tarplee , Claire IRL 4:13.16

7 Broniatowska , Katarzyna POL 4:14.15

8 Schenbeck , Charlotte SWE 4:16.12

9 Engeset , Kristine Eikrem NOR 4:17.99

10 Gebremariam , Alem ETH 4:19.46

11 Lindh , Lovisa SWE 4:32.87

Wafula , Lydia Nasimiyu KEN DNF

3000 Metres – Women

1 Dibaba , Genzebe ETH 8:26.57WL

2 McColgan , Eilish GBR 8:49.31

3 Ayana , Almaz ETH 8:50.10

4 Hilali , Siham MAR 8:53.12

5 Britton , Fionnuala IRL 8:54.37

6 Jelizarova , Polina LAT 8:56.06

7 Dima , Gete ETH 9:00.88

8 Birca , Roxana Elisabeta ROU 9:02.35

9 Fougberg , Charlotta SWE 9:07.94

10 Lehtinen , Johanna FIN 9:09.90

11 Abdullayeva , Layes AZE 9:22.84

Plis , Renata POL DNF

High Jump – Women

1 Hellebaut , Tia BEL 1.95

2 Green Tregaro , Emma SWE 1.92

3 Melfort , Melanie FRA 1.89

4 Gordeeva , Irina RUS 1.85

5 Kononova , Yevgeniya RUS 1.85

6 Udras , Grete EST 1.85

6 Skoog , Sofie SWE 1.85

8 Kuntsevich , Ekaterina RUS 1.80

8 Paklina , Alesya KGZ 1.80

Pole Vault – Women

1 Silva , Yarisley CUB 4.78

2 Savchenko , Anastasia RUS 4.71

3 Pticnikovo-Svobodovo , Jirina CZE 4.64

4 Bengtsson , Angelica SWE 4.45

4 Bleasdale , Holly GBR 4.45

4 Nikkanen , Minna FIN 4.45

7 Malicova , Romana CZE 4.25

8 Larssen , Cathrine NOR 4.00

Rogowska , Anna POL NM

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-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." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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