Orestes wrote:
In the 1500m of either the World Athletics Final or the World Cup (can't remember which), Alex Kipchirchir ran a 49 second last lap and won in some ridiculously slow time, like 3:50 or something.
Correct. 49.4--Fastest recorded last lap. IAAF World Cup 9/16/2006.
1 AFR Kipchirchir Alex KEN 3:52.60
2 EUR Heshko Ivan UKR 3:53.33
3 OCE Willis Nicholas NZL 3:54.76
4 USA Jennings Gabriel USA 3:55.09
5 RUS Aritkulov Ramil RUS 3:55.11
6 AME Brannen Nathan CAN 3:55.16
7 ASI Suleiman Abdulrahman QAT 3:55.67
8 FRA Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine FRA 3:55.89
9 GRE Ikonómou Panayiótis GRE 3:59.00
http://www.iaaf.org/WCP06/news/Kind=4/newsId=36274.html