The stage is set for for the most eagerly awaited track event at an Olympics.
Kipketer currently holds 8 of the 17 all-time fastest 800-meter times, a middle distance track event.
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Bryan Clay, 28, showed his mastery during the two-day, 10-event classic of track-and-field athleticism, earning the unofficial title of best all-around athlete on the planet.
During the very last track event of the Paralympics, Pistorius again picked himself up and smashed the 400-meter T44 Paralympic record in a time of 46.68 to take gold.
But the 24-year-old was pulled out of the event by USA Track and Field after his positive test at the US indoor championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 28 February.
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The absence of Romero will be frustrating for the 31-year-old after being lined up to make the women's team pursuit in Manchester - the only track event now suited to her in the Olympic programme.
Coupled with a unique identifier from DTCC, the system will allow a corporate actions user to track an event from instruction through payment.
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In the event, the Syrian track failed.
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Development of the purpose-built site in Austin was halted last month following a dispute between organizers and Formula One Management (FOM) over payment for the event, but the track's partners confirmed the fee had now been paid to F1's commercial rights holders.
The RAF officer also won the Olympic test event at the Park City track in February 2001.
The example NBC used was watching the long jump and javelin at the same time as part of a track and field event.
Plus, for the geekier side of me, I heart their analytics that you can sync to Google Analytics to track visits to your event page and more.
And this weekend the track will host the biggest event on its annual calendar, the National Hot Rod Association's Toyota Summernationals.
This crisis begins, in classic chaos-theory fashion, with a trivial event along the 100-mile railroad track that moves most coal out of the Powder River Basin.
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In another first, NBC Olympics Live Extra will provide multiple concurrent streams for select sports, such as gymnastics (each apparatus), track and field (each event), and tennis (up to five courts).
Users answer demographic questions and participate in daily and live-event polls, and because Microsoft can track someone over the course of the election season, much can be learned about the swing voter sub-population.
The Irish Bog Snorkelling Championship takes place in the wonderful marshy boglands of Castleblayney, County Monaghan and you would be hard pressed to find a muddier, murkier and less inviting track in any other racing event.
Cardiff Council and South Wales police were helping to fast-track thenecessary processes to get the event up and running.
The chief executive of the games, John Tully, said they were on track to deliver "a fantastic sporting event".
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But F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone still branded the British round a "country fair masquerading as a world event" after he had problems driving to the track on race day in July.
The 119-year-old event draws Olympic, college and high-school track stars from around the world and attracts 25, 000 to 50, 000 spectators a day to Franklin Field on the campus of Penn, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia.
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But the question remains does the fine print on the back of a ticket warning fans of possible injury from debris and that they acknowledge the track is not responsible for claims release event organizers of any liability?
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VIVOplay allows children to easily reach their parents when they need to and lets parents call their children and track their child's location in the event of an emergency with a simple, custom-designed smartphone app.
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Participants can also use it to track their own influence and networking success with personalized event scorecards.
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The singer performed the title track from a new work for children at the event, I Look, I See, marking 20 years of the Islamia Schools, which he founded in 1983.
Each time the event has failed due to contract disputes, meek turnout or poor track facilities.
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Bosses at the track have continually dismissed doubts over its ability to host the event.
Putting together the lighting, stage, sound and security crews, Track can pull in several hundred thousand dollars in revenue per event.
And Montgomerie is keen to gain the benefit of Ferguson's incredible track record of building winning teams for next year's event at Celtic Manor.
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