Men's 400 Metres
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2016 Müller Anniversary Games • Biographical Start List Men’s 400 Metres Sat / 14:49 2016 World Best: 43.97 LaShawn Merritt USA Eugene 3 Jul 16 Diamond League Record: 43.74 Kirani James GRN Lausanne 3 Jul 14 Not a Diamond Race event in London Age (Days) Born 2016 Personal Best 1, JANEŽIC Luka SLO – Slovenia 20y 252d 1995 45.22 45.22 -16 Slovenian record holder // 200 pb: 20.67w, 20.88 -15 (20.96 -16). ht World Youth 200 2011; sf WJC 200/400 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 2015; 1 Balkan 2015; ht WCH 2015; sf WIC 2016; 5 ECH 2016. 1 Slovenian indoor 2014/2015. 1.92 tall In 2016: 1 Slovenian indoor; dq/sf WIC (lane); 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 1 Slovenian Cup 200/400; 1 Kranj 100/200; 1 Slovenian 200/400; 2 Madrid; 5 ECH 2, SOLOMON Steven AUS – Australia 23y 69d 1993 45.44 44.97 -12 2012 Olympic finalist while still a junior // =3 WJC 2012 (4 4x400); 8 OLY 2012; sf COM 2014. 1 Australian 2011/2012/2014/2016. 1 Australian junior 2011/2012. Won Australian senior title in 2011 at age 17, then retained it in 2012 at 18. Coach-Iryna Dvoskina In 2016: 1 Australian; 1 Canberra; 1 Townsville (Jun 3); 1 Townsville (Jun 4); 3 Geneva; 4 Madrid; 2 Murcia; 1 Nottwil; 2 Kortrijk ‘B’ (he fell 0.04 short of the Olympic qualifying standard of 45.40) 3, BERRY Mike USA – United States 24y 226d 1991 45.18 44.75 -12 2011 World Championship relay gold medallist // 1 WJC 4x400 2010. Ran heat of 2011 WCH 4x400, so awarded gold medal won by US in final. 1 US “Junior Olympics” 2010. 2 NCAA 2014. Coach-Robert Johnson With 44.91 in 2011, he broke the long-standing University of Oregon record of 45.07 which had been set by Otis Davis when he famously won the 1960 Olympic title by one-hundredth from Carl Kaufmann GER In 2016: 1 Florida Relays; 4 Nassau Brown ‘B’; 2 Atlanta; dq Kingston (Jun 11); 8 US; 4 Lignano; 7 Székesfehérvár Gyulai 4, LENDORE Deon TTO – Trinidad & Tobago 23y 268d 1992 45.31 44.36 -14 2016 World indoor bronze // sf World Youth 2009; sf WJC 2010; 2 Pan-American junior 2011; ht OLY 2012 (3 4x400); sf WCH 2013; ht WCH 2015 (2 4x400); 3 WIC 400/4x400 2016. 1 NCAA indoor 2014. 1 Trinidadian 2013. Student of Business Management at Texas A&M University In 2016: 3 WIC 400/4x400; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Baie Mahault; 7 Rome Diamond; 3 Trinidadian; 1 Nassau 5, HUDSON-SMITH Matthew GBR – Great Britain & NI 21y 271d 1994 44.88 44.75 -14 2014 European silver, down from 48.76 to 44.75 in 2014 // 200 pb: 20.88 -13. 3 EJC 200/4x400 2013; 1 COM 4x400 2014 (held off the experienced Chris Brown BAH to win for England with a 44.56 split in the rain); 2 ECH 2014 (1 4x400); 3 ECH 4x400 2016. 1 English Schools 200 2013; 1 Midland 400 2014. Lives- Wolverhampton. Coach-Tony Hadley (was coach to Phil Brown and Derek Redmond), who explains “He came four years ago as a 400m runner but we agreed to work on the 100m and 200m to develop his speed”. Student of PE and Sports Coaching Science at Worcester University. Injured in 2015, hamstring tear followed by stress fractures In 2016: 1 Rehlingen; 46.7 relay split at Loughborough International; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 1 UK; 3 ECH 4x400 (gold to bronze on the anchor leg) 6, ROONEY Martyn GBR – Great Britain & NI 29y 112d 1987 45.04 44.45 -15 Twice European Champion. Terrific in relays, a 43.73 split in Beijing 2008, 43.93 in Zürich 2014, 43.97 in Beijing 2015 200 pb: 20.87w -11, 21.33 -07. 2 EJC 2005 (1 4x400); 3 WJC 2006 (3 4x400); 1 ECP 2008; 6 OLY 2008 (4 4x400); sf WCH 2009/2011 (2007-ht); 2 WCH 4x400 2009 (2011-7, 2013-4); 1 ETCh 2010; 3 ECH 2010 (2 4x400); sf OLY 2012 (4 4x400); 4 COM 2014 (2006-5); 1 ECH 400/4x400 2014; sf WCH 2015 (3 4x400); 1 ECH 2016. 1 UK 2008/2010/2011/2012/2014. Married former British pole vault record holder Kate Dennison on September 19, 2014. Coach-Rana Reider (formerly Nick Dakin).1.98 tall In 2016: 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Oordegem IFAM; 1 Leiden (plus 2nd 300 with pb 32.72); 3 UK; 1 ECH 7, BORLÉE Jonathan BEL – Belgium 28y 152d 1988 45.34 44.43 -12 Belgian record holder at 400m, supplanting twin brother Kevin // 200 pb: 20.31 -12. 5 World Youth 400 2005; 4 WJC 400 2006; sf OLY 400 2008 (5 4x400 with 43.6 split); 2 WIC 4x400 2010 (2016-6); 7 ECH 400 2010 (3 4x400); 3 EIC 4x400 2011; 4 ECH 200 2012 (1 4x400); 6 OLY 400/4x400 2012; 4 WCH 400 2013 (2011 -5, 2015-sf); 1 EIC 4x400 2015. 1 NCAA 400 2009. 1 Belgian 400 2006/2011/2015. His mother Mother-Edith De Martelaere was an international sprinter and he has has a twin brother Kevin and younger brother Dylan who are also international 400m runners, while their elder sister Olivia ran the first leg for the Belgian 4x100m relay team which won 2008 Olympic silver In 2016: 6 WIC 4x400 (Robin Vanderbemden dropped baton); 3 Gainesville ‘B’; 8 Rabat Diamond; 2 Oordegem Buyle; 1 ECH 4x400 (though went out in the heat of the individual 400m); 1 Heusden (season’s best 45.34 compared with the 47.45 he ran 10 days earlier at the Euros) (It is Kevin Borlée who is running much better so far in 2016 and was the one who ran the winning anchor leg in the European Championships relay) 8, YOUSIF Rabah GBR – Great Britain & NI 29y 225d 1986 45.48 44.54 -15 Full name-Rabah Mahammed Yousif Bkheit (ex-Sudan) 2015 World Championship finalist & relay bronze. 2011 African Games Champion LJ pb: 7.61 -07. HJ pb: 2.05i -07. (At 400m) sf WCH 2009/2011; 1 Arab 2010; ht WIC 2010; 2 African Champs 2010; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 African Games 2011; sf OLY 2012; 6 WCH 2015 (3 4x400). 1 UK 2015. Born-Khartoum, came to Britain in 2002. Acquired British citizenship on January 23, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Britain from June 13, 2013. Wife, Sophie Legg, their children Noah & Taiba. Coach-Carol Williams In 2016: 4 Nassau Brown; 6 Drake Relays; 1 British League Premiership/May 7; 6 Rabat Diamond; 1 Dakar; 1 Oordegem IFAM; 6 Huelva; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 2 UK; 3 ECH 4x400; 1 Gothenburg; 6 Székesfehérvár Gyulai 9, WILLIAMS Delano GBR – Great Britain & NI 22y 213d 1993 45.50 45.42 -15 Turks & Caicos record holder at 100m, 200m & 400m. 44.3 split at Beijing World Championships where team won bronze 200 pb: 20.27 -13 (20.77 -16). 100 pb: 10.28 -13. ht WJC 100/200 2010; 1 Carifta Games junior 200 2011 (a title won in previous years by Usain Bolt); 1 WJC 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013 (3 4x400); 3 ECH 4x400 2016. He carried the flag for Turks & Caicos at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Allegiance transferee from Turks & Caicos – as Turks & Caicos is a British Overseas territory, he holds a British passport and was cleared by IAAF to represent Great Britain from June 6, 2013 His name is wrongly reported as “Delanno” because of a spelling error on his passport (he confirmed in Moscow 2013) In 2016: 1 Kingston Jackson 400 ‘E’; 4 Kingston Gibson Relays 400; 6 Hamilton 400; 5 Cayman Invitational; 2 Kingston All-Comers 200 ‘B’ (May 21); 1 Kingston All-Comers 400 (May 28); 1 Kingston 400 ‘B’ (Jun 11); 3 ECH 4x400 © Mark Butler 2016 ([email protected]) Please check with final start lists in case of late changes Athlete’s ages as at: 23/7/2016 2016 Müller Anniversary Games • Biographical Start List Men’s 5000 Metres Sat / 16:36 World Best: 12:59.43 Muktar Edris ETH Eugene 28 May 16 2016 Diamond League Record: 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH Paris 6 Jul 12 Diamond Race leader: Muktar Edris ETH (absent) Age (Days) Born 2016 Personal Best 1, TRUE Ben USA – United States 30y 207d 1985 13:12.67 13:02.74 -14 Sixth at 2013 World Cross Country Championships and 2015 World Championship 5000m 10,000 pb: 27:41.17 -12 (29:04.21 -16). 3000 pb: 7:44.40 -12. 1500 pb: 3:40.07 -13. 6 WCH 5000 2016. 1 US 10M 2012, 5K 2011/2012 & 15K 2013/2014/2015; 6 US Olympic Trial 5000 2012. At WXC: 2011-35, 2013-6. Former cross country skier, a sport in which he was part of the Dartmouth College team which won the 2007 NCAA team title Wife-Sarah True (née Groff) was fourth in the 2012 Olympic Triathlon and will compete again at the Olympic Games in 2016 In 2016: 2 Boston 5K; 11 Eugene Diamond 5000; 3 Somerville ‘Boston’ Games; 5 US 5000 (11 10,000) – good 53.95 last lap, but he got left behind in the burn- up for places 2, FARRELL Tom GBR – Great Britain & NI 25y 123d 1991 13:27.77 13:10.48 -15 2015 World Championship finalist at 5000m // 1500 pb: 3:37.90 -14 (3:39.4 -16). 2 under-23 ECH 5000 2013; 7 COM 5000 2014; 12 ECH 5000 2014; 15 WCH 5000 2015; ht WIC 3000 2016.