SPORTS Sunday, May 7, 2017 21 Harrison tweets she broke hand Diamond before Doha win League Los Angeles orld record-holder 100m opener Kendra Harrison Wtweeted Friday that her 100m hurdles victory at the Doha Diamond League meeting came with a broken hand. “Broke my It was not immediately hand during my clear how the injury might final push out,” affect her preparations for the Harrison wrote on the 2017 World Championships in social media site. “Nothing London in August. South Africa’s but Gods strength & my Harrison created a sensation Caster Semenya determination that got when she broke the 28-year-old leads the women’s me through that race w/ 100m hurdles world record with 800 metres a win. #backtowork” a time of 12.20sec in Paris last She retwetted a picture July 22. of medical personnel The feat helped make up bandaging her left hand and somewhat for her failure to make forearm. the US Olympic team for Rio. “@Ken_AYE shows GRIT by She had finished sixth at the winning Doha 100mH DL after US trials, falling victim to her breaking her hand warming up!” country’s incredible strength in her coach Edrick depth in the event, which was Monza Floreal underscored when US women eigning Olympic marathon champion posted on swept the podium in Rio. Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya narrowly Twitter. “was On Friday in Doha, she won failedR in his attempt to complete the distance rushed to the the 100m hurdles in 12.59sec, under the mythical two-hour mark, finishing in hospital after with Germany’s Cindy Roleder a time of 2hr 00min 25sec yesterday. Bahrain’s Noora Salem the race!” second in 12.90. The time, which smashed the world record of Jasim competes in the wom- 2hr 02min 57sec set by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya, an’s shot put will not enter the record books largely because of the non-compliant system of pacemaking used in the attempt, made on the Monza National Autodrome racing circuit. For the entire attempt, Kipchoge ran behind a six-man pacesetting team which trailed a time-keeping vehicle by less than 10 metres. Despite narrowly missing the mark, Kipchoge said he believed it was possible and that he could make another attempt. Speaking trackside to Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, a former three-time winner of the London marathon, Kipchoge said: “I hope next time... but I can say it’s closer (possible) for a human to run under the two-hour mark.” Backed by a small army of scientists put together by sportswear giants Nike, and helped by an ever-changing battalion of pacesetters, Kipchoge set out to complete the classic marathon distance of 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometres) in 1hr 59min 59 sec or faster. In his pursuit of sporting immortality Kipchoge had to set a ferocious pace of 4min 34sec per mile -- seven seconds quicker than the world record pace set by Kimetto at the 2014 Berlin Marathon. Requiring the sort of evolutionary leap against the clock that is usually only achieved over decades, Kipchoge started in promising fashion. Despite being one second over the target time after five kilometres, he was clocked at five seconds under after 10 then 15 km and was still two seconds inside the target at the 25 km mark. But over the remaining third of the race, which began at 0545 local time (0345 GMT) in slightly humid conditions, Kipchoge steadily began to fall behind pace. He was clocked at over six seconds over the required pace at the 35 km mark and, over the remaining distance, Kenya’s Elijah Motonei Manangoi began to steadily trail his pacesetters before finishing just wins the men’s 1500 metres 25 seconds over the target. (AFP)