Rapid men's 800m
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June 11, 2004 The men’s two-lap race was a rapidly-paced affair with the first circuit needing less than fifty seconds, the kind of tempo usually reserved for Grand Prix or Golden League events.

Canadian runner Ashraf Tadili took advantage of the opportunity and ran wide over the final eighty metres to score his third consecutive win with a 1:45.38, just six days after a PB 1:45.21 in Lucerne.

“I thought the pace would be something like 52 seconds,” the 22-year-old native of Morocco said later. “When I saw the clock still reading 49 at the bell, I knew that this would be a good race for me. I started my kick with 250 left, as I usually do. But I wish I had started earlier. I think I could have run in the 1:44s”. READ FULL STORY

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