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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:45 am |
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| VIRUS ALERT! That link DL's a worm on your PC. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:12 am |
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LucyFuhr@gmail.com wrote:
Quote: VIRUS ALERT! That link DL's a worm on your PC.
i do not know where u get the idea that my post had a virus. for i havce
everything scanned before sending it anyway here is the article in full.
Olympic Runner Lagat Becomes U.S. Citizen
TUCSON, Ariz. Apr 13, 2005 - Olympic silver medalist Bernard Lagat has
become an American citizen and plans to compete for the United States,
becoming the latest Kenyan runner to change nationalities.
Lagat, who became a U.S. citizen March 29, won bronze in the 1,500 meters at
the 2000 Olympics and silver in 2004. He has been in the United States since
1996, competed at Washington State and lives in Tucson.
"I thought long and hard before changing my nationality but, at the age of
30, I have to look to my future, after my running career has come to an
end," Lagat said in a statement.
Lagat can represent the United States in Golden League meets and
invitationals and will run in the 5,000 at the Mount SAC Relays on Sunday.
He plans to keep running until at least the 2008 Beijing Games, and said it
was difficult to make the change.
"It was a great honor to see the Kenyan flag flown, as well as sometimes the
Kenyan national anthem played, in recognition of my efforts at many
prestigious events and those memories will never fade," Lagat said. "Most of
my family still lives in Kenya and I will continue to maintain strong links
with the country."
Lagat has the third-fastest time in the 1,500 at 3 minutes, 26.34 seconds.
Dozens of Kenyans have changed nationalities in recent years, which forced
track and field's world governing body to change its waiting period rules.
As of April 10, athletes who change nationalities must wait three years from
the date they became a citizen before they can compete for their adopted
country, or one year if the athlete's home nation had no objection to the
change.
Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:08 pm |
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| <head spins around 6 times> |
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