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Olympic
Champion Maria de Lourdes Mutola of Mozambique waves
to the crowd.
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Spectator
favorite here was, of course, Canada's own Diane Cummins
who ran a personal best 1:59.49 to finish 5th here. |
Halfway
through the race, Letitia Vriesde of Surinam leads,
followed by Stephanie Graf, Mutola (with Cummins tucked
in behind her), Germany's Ivonne Teichmann, Great
Britain's Kelly Holmes, Spain's Mayte Martinez and
Kenya's Faith Macharia. |
The
crowd cheers wildly as the runners come off the final
turn, led by Graf and Vriesde with Mutola right behind. |
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Graf
(center) held a slight lead in the home stretch.
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Even
with about one stride to go, Graf appeared to lead... |
...But
she couldn't hold off the late charge of Mutola... |
...Who
took the race in 1:57.17 over Graf's 1:57.20 and Vriesde's
1:57.35. |
