Nzikuru breaks Milan track record
Jun 02, 2005
UGANDAN track queen Dorcus Inzikuru ran the fastest 2000metres steeplechase ever at the Milan IAAF Grand Prix on Wednesday.
By Norman Katende
and Paul Mbuga
Milan Grand Prix
Selected results
Women’s 2000m SC
1. Dorcus Inzikuru
6:04.46
2. Cristina Casandra
(Romania) 6:16.58
Men’s 5000m
1. Moses Mosop
(Kenya) 13:18.73
6. Wilson Busienei
13:43.24
Nike Grand Prix
Men’s 1500m
1.Paskar Owor 3:46.04
UGANDAN track queen Dorcus Inzikuru ran the fastest 2000metres steeplechase ever at the Milan IAAF Grand Prix on Wednesday.
Inzikuru, 22, clocked 6:04.46 to knock six seconds off the world’s previous best time set by Russian Marina Pluzhnikova in 1994.
She is however not eligible for the $100,000 (sh174m) bonus normally given for world records, as the rarely run race is not yet on the Olympic or IAAF programmes.
“The 2000m steeplechase, where Dorcus ran the world’s fastest time yesterday in Milan, is not on this list (World Championship and Olympic programmes),†the IAAF media chief Anna Legnani told New Vision yesterday.
“World records can be set over 3000m steeplechase, not 2000m, so it can only be labelled a world best, not a world record,†Legnani added.
This result confirms that the gazelle from Arua (running in Milan, right), who set a new African record of 9:28.50 in the 3000m SC at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha, may be a strong medal contender when the event is held for the first time at August’s IAAF World Championships in Helsinki.
The world record is 9:01.59 by Russian Gulnara Samitova.
The only Ugandan to have broken a senior world record is John Akii Bua — the 400m hurdles mark of 47.82 at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
“ Thank God for helping me fulfil the promise I made yesterday to break the record. Now I want to make a new promise: winning a medal in Helsinki,†a smiling Inzikuru said.
Inzikuru, who is coached by Qatar national coach Renato Canova, emerged in 2000 when she won the 5000m world junior title.
“Consequently, there will be no IAAF world records bonus for Dorcus. Meeting organisers sometimes give bonuses for world bests, but I am not aware if this was the case in Milan, but it would certainly be considerably less than the $100,000 for a world record,†IAAF’s Legnani concluded.
and Paul Mbuga
Milan Grand Prix
Selected results
Women’s 2000m SC
1. Dorcus Inzikuru
6:04.46
2. Cristina Casandra
(Romania) 6:16.58
Men’s 5000m
1. Moses Mosop
(Kenya) 13:18.73
6. Wilson Busienei
13:43.24
Nike Grand Prix
Men’s 1500m
1.Paskar Owor 3:46.04
UGANDAN track queen Dorcus Inzikuru ran the fastest 2000metres steeplechase ever at the Milan IAAF Grand Prix on Wednesday.
Inzikuru, 22, clocked 6:04.46 to knock six seconds off the world’s previous best time set by Russian Marina Pluzhnikova in 1994.
She is however not eligible for the $100,000 (sh174m) bonus normally given for world records, as the rarely run race is not yet on the Olympic or IAAF programmes.
“The 2000m steeplechase, where Dorcus ran the world’s fastest time yesterday in Milan, is not on this list (World Championship and Olympic programmes),†the IAAF media chief Anna Legnani told New Vision yesterday.
“World records can be set over 3000m steeplechase, not 2000m, so it can only be labelled a world best, not a world record,†Legnani added.
This result confirms that the gazelle from Arua (running in Milan, right), who set a new African record of 9:28.50 in the 3000m SC at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha, may be a strong medal contender when the event is held for the first time at August’s IAAF World Championships in Helsinki.
The world record is 9:01.59 by Russian Gulnara Samitova.
The only Ugandan to have broken a senior world record is John Akii Bua — the 400m hurdles mark of 47.82 at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
“ Thank God for helping me fulfil the promise I made yesterday to break the record. Now I want to make a new promise: winning a medal in Helsinki,†a smiling Inzikuru said.
Inzikuru, who is coached by Qatar national coach Renato Canova, emerged in 2000 when she won the 5000m world junior title.
“Consequently, there will be no IAAF world records bonus for Dorcus. Meeting organisers sometimes give bonuses for world bests, but I am not aware if this was the case in Milan, but it would certainly be considerably less than the $100,000 for a world record,†IAAF’s Legnani concluded.