He decided instead to run the 5, 000 instead with training partner and friend Galen Rupp.
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Rupp finished out of the medals in the 10, 000 meters at the Beijing Games in 2008.
Rapper Jay-Z even appeared courtside in dumpy Rupp Arena for the regular-season Louisville game.
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Eight title banners hang in Rupp Arena, where the University of Kentucky basketball team plays.
Data presented at the IDSA meeting also highlighted the problems with N95 respirators, Rupp says.
In Rupp's opinion, the respiratory protection debate has distracted from other crucial flu-fighting measures.
DreamIt's newest hire, Kerry Rupp, recently launched Holiday Golightly, which organizes high-end vacations for women.
But on the same day, Galen Rupp took his record in the 2 miles.
The strain on Lagat's face was evident as Rupp pumped his fist and the crowd went bananas.
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Rupp, who had already qualified for the 10, 000 meters, was running against the Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat, a favorite.
Salazar knew that Rupp probably could play it safe and break from the pack with several laps remaining.
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Against all odds (and precedent), Rupp summoned a late charge to edge Lagat by 15 hundredths of a second.
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Rupp, who won the silver in the 10, 000 in London, came in sixth.
The rout was so complete that Louisville fans began doing the wave through Rupp, where eight title banners hang.
The rout was so complete that Louisville fans began doing the wave through Rupp, where seven title banners hang.
One person with him was George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee.
Galen Rupp won silver in the 10, 000 meters on Saturday, snapping a 48-year U.S. medal drought in the event.
This on the heels of beating the Cardinals last December by nearly an identical score at Rupp Arena in Lexington.
But it also exposed one of Rupp's well-chronicled weaknesses: an inability to outkick other runners near the end of the race.
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And here was Louisville coach Rick Pitino on Saturday night, back in Rupp Arena where he once roamed as Kentucky's coach.
"I really just told myself, 'Keep your head down, keep your form good and keep driving to the finish, '" Rupp said afterward.
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And now fans of the Louisville Cardinals, archrival and derided little brother, were swarming through Kentucky's own Rupp Arena here for an NCAA tournament game.
He finished in 8 minutes, 9.49 seconds at the Armory to beat Galen Rupp's time by just .23, then fell to the track in exhaustion.
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Rupp scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for New Jersey in 2003.
But on the same day, Rupp broke his mark in the 2 miles, so Lagat took on that distance this year at the 106th Millrose Games.
By the early minutes of the third period, though, Salvador's surprising contribution would be little more than a footnote in light of Rupp, Brodeur and their coaches.
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