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1 IAAF World Indoor Championships Biographical Entry List (may include reserves) Men s 60 Metres 49 Entrants Event starts: March 7 Age (Days) Born 2014 Best Personal Best 102 BROWN Ddoyd ARU 21y 18d KAPISI Faresa ASA 16y 227d preliminary round WCH FRASER Warren BAH 22y 242d NR Bahamian record holder at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf World Youth ; ht OLY ; 8 Central American & Caribbean Champs Attends Clemson University In 2014: 1 Auburn Invitational 60; 8 Boston New Balance 60; 3 Berlin 60 GRIFFITH Adrian BAH 29y 115d Outdoor 100 pb: 10.16w -11, pb: Central American & Caribbean Champs (2008-8, ); qf WCH ; 5 Central American & Caribbean Games ; sf COM Bahamian /2011 In 2014: 1 Birmingham AL 60 (x2); 1 Newport News 60 KOBÉANÉ Gerard BUR 25y 316d Outdoor 100 pb: pb: pr (preliminary round) WCH ; 8 African Games ; ht OLY ; 7 Francophone Games 100/ LAWRENCE TJ CAN 22/23y Outdoor 100 pb: Ontario Province indoor (2014-2) In 2014: 3 Toronto 60; 2 Ontario Province indoor 60 SMELLIE Gavin CAN 27y 254d Led off the ill-fated Canadian sprint relay squad at the London Olympics who finished third, but were then disqualified because of a lane infringement Outdoor 100 pb: pb: 20.43w, Pan-American junior ; 5 WSG (2009-6); qf WCH ; sf WCH (3 4x100). 5 NCAA Born-Jamaica... studied Business at the University of Western Kentucky In 2014: 5 Saskatoon 50; 6 Saskatoon 60; 1 Flagstaff 60; 4 Ontario Province indoor 60 HYMAN Kemar CAY 24y 147d Caymanian record holder at 60m & 100m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf World Youth (ht 100); sf WJC 100/ ; 8 WJC ; ht WCH /2013; sf OLY Ran first leg for Florida State sprint relay team which won at 2011 NCAA Championships In 2014: 2 Naperville 60; 5ht Birmingham 60; 4 Berlin 60 SU Bingtian CHN 24y 190d NR Twice Asian Champion at 100m... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.04w -12, pb: Asian Indoor Games ; 1 East Asian Games ; 1 Asian Champs /2013; 3 WSG ; sf OLY ; ht WCH ; 1 East Asian Games Chinese /2012/2013 In 2014: 2 Ghent Flanders 60; 4 Prague ZHANG Peimeng CHN 26y 359d Chinese record holder at 100m (at 10.00, set when he narrowly failed to reach the World Championship final in Moscow) Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf WJC ; 2 WSG ; ht OLY ; 1 Asian Champs ; 5 Asian Indoor Champs ; sf WCH Chinese Born-Beijing... coach-li Qing In 2014: 5 Ghent Flanders 60; 7ht Birmingham 60 NAMELO Yondan FSM 24y 145d ht WCH CHAMBERS Dwain GBR 35y 336d NR Former World Indoor Champion... World 100m finalist in 1999, 2001 & 2009, but achievements in annulled because of doping violations Outdoor 100 pb; pb: EJC 100/4x100 95/97; 2 ECH (1 4x100); 3 WCP (1 4x100); sf COM (1 4x100); 1 ECP (2002-dq); 3 WCH (2 4x100); 4 OLY (2012-sf); 4 WCH (sf 200); 1 Goodwill Games ; dq COM (originally 8th); dq ECH (1st); dq WCP (5th); dq WCH (4th); 7 ECH (1 4x100); 1 EIC (2011-2, 2013-ht); 1 ETCh 100/ & ; 6 WCH ; 1 WIC (2008-2=); 5 ECH ; 2 ETCh ; sf WCH / AAA / UK indoor /2009/2010/2011/2012; 1 UK /2010/2011/2012/2013 In 2014: 2 Glasgow International 60; 2 UK indoor 60; 4 Birmingham 60; 2 Prague KILTY Richard GBR 24y 186d European under-23 relay silver... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.15w -12, / pb: sf WJC (5 4x100); 7 under-23 ECH ; 2 under-23 ECH 4x ; 6 ETCh English Schools ; 1 English junior Father Kevin was a m sprinter and a professional bodybuilder, his sister Heidi is also an athlete... coach-rana Rieder (formerly Linford Christie) In 2014: 1 Linz Gugl 60; 2 Mondeville 60; 3 UK indoor 60 (lost second place to Dwain Chambers by four thousandths); 5 Birmingham 60; 3 Prague JAKUBCZYK Lucas GER 28y 313d Ran anchor for German tam which won sprint relay silver at 2012 European Championships Outdoor 100 pb: 10.16w, pb: dnq WJC LJ 2004; 8 under-23 ECH LJ 2007; 2 European Police LJ 2012; sf ECH (2 4x100); 4 WCH 4x German He was in the Sports Unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) in In 2014: 2 German indoor 60; 2 Berlin 60 SCHAF Alex GER 26y 313d Outdoor 100 pb: German ; 2 German indoor In 2014: 1 Baden-Württemberg indoor 60; 1 South German indoor 60; 1 Sindelfingen 60; 3 German indoor 60 WILLIAMS Paul GRN 27y 336d Outdoor 100 pb: pb: ht OLY Dual nationality with USA, but he never competed for that country In 2014: 2 New York Gotham Cup 60; 1 New York 60 (Jan 24); 3 Boston Terrier 60; 2 Albuquerque Classic 60; 2 Princeton 60 HARRIS Adam GUY 26y 229d NR Guyanan record holder at 60m & 100m... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.09w, pb: LJ pb: 7.58i, ht OLY ; qf WCH (2013-ht). 4 NCAA indoor Born/lives-USA... mother is from Guyana I'm going to try to show up for Guyana as best as I can," he said A lot of people think it's in Africa. I'm going to try to put it on the map. In 2014: 3 Gainesville 55; 1 Daytona Beach FL 60; 1 Allendale 60; 1 Ann Arbor 60 Page M 1

2 PALACIOS Rolando HON 26y 308d NR Honduran record holder at 60m, 100m, 200m & 400m World Student Games Champion at 100m Outdoor 100 pb: pb: pb: ht WCH ; ht WIC /2008; 1 Central American Champs (as opposed to Central American & Caribbean) /2008/2011 ( ); qf OLY (ht 100); 1 WSG (4 200); sf WCH (qf 100); 1 Central American Games & ; ht WCH GHASEMI Reza IRI 26y 226d Full name-reza Ali Ghasemi 2012 Asian Indoor Champion at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf WIC /2012; 6 WSG ; 1 Asian Indoor Champs (2010-2, ); ht OLY ; 4 Asian Champs 100/ ; ht WCH In 2014: 1 Iranian indoor 60; 3 Asian Indoor Champs 60 TAFTIAN Hassan IRI 20y 307d Iranian record holder at 100m & 200m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: Asian junior ; sf WJC /2012; 8 Asian Champs ; ht WCH CERUTTI Fabio ITA 28y 162d European Indoor silver at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: LJ pb: under-23 ECH ; sf WIC ; ht OLY ; 2 EIC (2007-6); 3 Mediterranean Games ; qf WCH ; sf ECH Italian youth LJ Italian /2012 & indoor In 2014: 1 Bergamo 60; 6 Mondeville 60; 1 Italian indoor 60 CARTER Nesta JAM 28y 147d World 100m bronze... relay golds from Beijing 2008, Daegu 2011, London 2012 & Moscow 2013 Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf WJC ; 2 WCH 4x (sf 100); 1 OLY 4x /2012; 7 WCH (cramp); 1 WCH 4x ; 2 WIC (2010-7); 3 WCH (1 4x100). Ran in heats of 2004 World Junior 4x100, so awarded silver won by Jamaica in final. He is a keen cricketer. Coach-Stephen Francis In 2014: 1 Kingston 60 (outdoors); 2 Birmingham 60 ROACH Kimmari JAM 23y 167d Outdoor 100 pb: Jamaican Universities ; 3 Jamaican In 2014: 5ht Boston New Balance 60; 3 New York Millrose 60 KIRYU Yoshihide JPN 18y 82d World Youth record holder at 100m with in 2012, the fastest-ever by a 16 year-old... at Hiroshima on April 2013 he then equalled the world junior record of 10.01, but it could not count as there was no ultrasonic wind gauge in operation Outdoor 100 pb: pb: ht WCH In 2012 he ran 39 races at 100m or 200m, not including relays. Ex-footballer... from-kyoto.. they call him Jet Kiryu In 2014: 1 Osaka 60 He is within range of the World Junior record of 6.51 which has stood to Mark Lewis-Francis since 2001 LEHATA Mosito LES 24y 333d NR Lesotho record holder at 60m, 100m and 200m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: pb: ht WJC ; 8 COM (ht 100); ht WCH ; ht WIC ; 5 African Champs (7 200); ht OLY In 2014: 2 Perth Classic 100 (3 200) LALITA Jamodre MHL 21y 292d ht World Youth ; ht WJC PANDEV Riste MKD 20y 41d NR Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian record holder at 60m & 100m Outdoor 100 pb: pb: ht WJC ; ht EIC ; preliminary round WCH In 2014: 4 Magglingen 60; 4 Romanian indoor 60 FERDINAND Thierry MRI 21y 243d (aka Jean Thierie Ferdinand)... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.82w, ht WIC VELÍZ Benjamín NCA 22y 278d AL-HARTHI Barakat OMA 25y 264d NR Full name-barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi Omani record holder at 60m & 100m Outdoor 100 pb: pb: 20/ ht WCH ; 3 Asian Indoor Champs ; sf WIC ; 1 Arab Games ; ht OLY ; 1 West Asian (2 200); 3 Arab Champs ; 3 Asian Champs ; ht WCH Served six month doping ban in 2012 In 2014: 1 Doha 60 LEGUIZAMON Cristian PAR 22y 29d Outdoor 100 pb: ht WIC KUC Dariusz POL 27y 317d Sixth in European finals indoors (2009) & out (2006)... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: 20.46w -09, sf World Youth (2 Medley relay); ht WJC ; 6 EJC ; sf WIC ; 6 ECH ; 5 ECP (2006-7); qf WCH /2009; qf OLY ; 6 EIC ; sf ECH /2012; sf WCH Polish /2009/2012/2014. Coach-Jacek Lewandowski In 2014: 1 Spala 60; 5 Mondeville 60; 3 Ghent Flanders 60; 1 Florø 60; 1 Polish indoor 60; 5 Prague OLSZEWSKI Remigiusz POL 21y 167d Outdoor 100 pb: sf WJC ; 4 under-23 ECH (2 4x100) In 2014: 1 Spala 60; 2 Polish indoor BRADAI Gregory PYF 20y 260d FRANCIS Samuel QAT 26y 345d TRANSFEREE Formerly: NGR... 3x Asian Indoor Champion at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: Asian Champs (2013-2); dnf ht WCH ; 1 International Military Champs /2009; 1 Asian Indoor Games ; 1 Asian Indoor Champs /2010/2014; sf OLY ; sf WCH (2009-qf); 3 Francophone Games In 2014: 4 Flagstaff 60; 2 Seattle 60; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 60 Page M 2

3 OGUNODE Femi QAT 22y 296d TRANSFEREE Formerly: NGR, full name-femi Seun Ogunode 2011 World Championship finalist at 400m Outdoor 100 pb: pb: pb: West Asian 100/ Asian Games 200/ ; 1 Asian Champs ; 1 World Military Games 100/ ; 8 WCH (sf 200). Served two-year doping suspension in his younger brother Tosin Ogunode suddenly clocked 6.50 for 60m in January 2014 In 2014: 2 Flagstaff 60 KANG LI LONG Calvin SIN 23y 325d Outdoor 100 pb: sf WJC (2006-ht); 4 Asian junior ; 4 WSG 4x (2013-6); ht WCH In 2014: 2 Singapore 100 (Jan 11); 1 Singapore 60 (Jan 26); 3 Asian Indoor Champs 60 B LAWRENCE BJ SKN 24y 70d Full name-brijesh Sharmari Lawrence Anchored St Kitts & Nevis relay team to surprise bronze medals at 2011 World Championships Outdoor 100 pb: pb: qf COM ; 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs ; ht WCH (3 4x100); sf WIC Moved to USA in Former (American) footballer... attends Doane College (Nebraska) In 2014: 1 Crete NE 60 (Jan 11); 1 Crete NE 60 (Jan 18); 1 Albuquerque Classic 60; 1 Albuquerque 60 (Feb 15) He was selected ahead of Kim Collins (6.49 this year) ROGERS Jason SKN 22y 188d NACAC under-23 Champion at 100m (North/Central American & Caribbean) Outdoor 100 pb: Commonwealth Youth Games (4 200); 6 WJC ; ht COM ; 3 WCH 4x (first leg); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under ; ht OLY ; 5 Central American & Caribbean Champs ; sf WCH In 2014: 2 Toronto 60; 2 Saskatoon 60; 1 Ontario Province indoor 60 BOCKARIE Solomon SLE 26y 293d Indoor 100 pb: pb: ZAVACKÝ Adam SVK 25y 252d Slovak record holder at 100m... Outdoor 100 pb: sf EIC ; ht WCH Slovak /2012/2013; 1 Slovak indoor /2014 In 2014: 2 Bratislava Elán 60; 1 Slovak indoor 60; 7 Prague KLING-BAPTISTE Tom SWE 23y 190d Twice Swedish Champion indoors & out... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.30w -10, pb: sf EJC ; ht ECH ; sf EIC Swedish /2013 & indoor 60/ In 2014: 1 Mustasaari 60 B ; 3 Florø 60; 2 Swedish indoor 60 ROSE Odain SWE 21y 230d Twice Swedish Indoor Champion at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.47w, EIC Swedish indoor /2014. Born-Jamaica, moved to Sweden at age 3 In 2014: 1 Umeå 60; 1 Malmö 60; 1 Mustasaari 60; 3 FIN v DEN v NOR v SWE indoor 60; 1 Swedish under-23 indoor 60; 1 Swedish indoor 60 MATSENJWA Sibusiso SWZ 25y 308d NR Swazi record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: ht WCH /2011; 7 African Games ; ht WIC /2012; 8 WSG In 2014: 3 Pretoria 200 BRACY Marvin USA 20y 82d US Indoor Champion at 60m... Outdoor 100 pb: 10.05w -11, Pan-American junior US junior ; 1 US indoor Ran in heat of 2010 World Junior sprint relay, so awarded gold medal won by US in final. He successfully played American Football (as a wide receiver) for Florida State University, but has now committed to athletics In 2014: 1 Gainesville; 3 Moscow Winter 60; 1 Boston New Balance 60; 1 New York Millrose 60; 1 US indoor 60 KIMMONS Trell USA 28y 237d Twice fourth at World Indoor 60m finals... his actual first name is David, Trell comes from his middle name Pretrell Outdoor 100 pb: 9.92w, pb: 20.32w -05, pb: WJC 4x ; 4 WIC /2012; sf WCH ; 2 OLY 4x US indoor Lives-Mississippi, coach-reggie Dillon In 2014: 2 Houston 60; 2 Auburn Invitational 60; 4ht Boston New Balance 60; 1 Birmingham AL Classic 60; 2 US indoor 60 MORRIS Joe USA 24y 154d Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf US Olympic Trial In 2014: 1 Air Force Academy 200; 1 Albuquerque 60; 2 Boston New Balance 60; 3 US indoor 60 PHIRI Gerald ZAM 25y 151d NR (Phiri pronounced Pirry )... Zambian record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m... former English Schools & Yorkshire Champion at 100m Outdoor 100 pb: pb: sf WCH (2011-ht); sf WIC ; sf OLY NCAA (2010/2011-4). 1 English Schools (junior) & senior 2006; 1 AAA under ; 1 Yorkshire Born-Zambia, lived there six years, then South Africa for five years, then Britain for seven years when he was a member of the City of Sheffield AC (he had trials for Sheffield Wednesday FC)... moved to USA to study Nutritional Science at Texas A&M (Agricultural and Mechanical) University In 2014: 2 Gainesville 55; 2 Houston 60 MVUMVURE Gabriel ZIM 26y 12d /13 Former African Junior Champion at both sprints... Outdoor 100 pb: pb: ht WJC 100/ ; 1 African junior 100/ ; ht WCH ; sf WCH Ran third leg for Louisiana State University sprint relay team which won the 2008 US Collegiate title one of his colleagues was Olympic 100m silver medallist Richard Thompson TRI In 2014: 6 Houston 60; 1 College Station 60; 1 Baton Rouge 60 Page M 3

4 WORLD ALL-TIME LIST Maurice Greene USA... 98/ Andre Cason USA Dwain Chambers GBR Tim Harden USA = Bruny Surin CAN Leonard Myles-Mills GHA Terrence Trammell USA Justin Gatlin USA Ronald Pognon FRA Trell Kimmons USA WORLD LIST James Dasaolu GBR = Jimmy Vicaut FRA Marvin Bracy USA = Yuniel Pérez CUB Trell Kimmons USA Kim Collins SKN Tosin Ogunode QAT = Femi Ogunode QAT Mike Rodgers USA = Jason Rogers SKN D Angelo Cherry USA Joe Morris USA Dwain Chambers GBR Page M 4

5 IAAF World Indoor Championships Biographical Entry List (may include reserves) Men s 400 Metres 29 Entrants Event starts: March 7 Age (Days) Born 2014 Best Personal Best BROWN Chris BAH 35y 143d First leg for Bahamas relay team which beat the Americans at the London Olympics (he said waiting for the race to finish was the longest two minutes of his life) Outdoor pb: ht COM ; qf OLY 2000 (3 4x400); 1 WCH 4x (2003-3, 2005/2007-2); 7 COM 2002 (3 4x400); sf OLY 2004; 4 WCH 2005/2007 (2001-ht, 2003-sf, , 2011/2013-sf); 4 COM 2006; 1 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011-7); 4 OLY 2008 (2 4x400); 1 WIC 2010 (2003-sf, 2006/2008/2012-3); 4 OLY 2012 (1 4x400). Bahamas record holder at 400m & 800m (1: )... youngest of seven children... his parents Nola & Harcourt were both sprinters... based-atlanta, coach-innocent Egbunike tall In 2014: 1 Glasgow International (2 4x400); 1 Düsseldorf B ; He was due to race in Birmingham on February 15th, but was unable to get a flight in time because of bad weather in his home town of Atlanta. He then fell when clearing snow outside his house, cut his face and required seven stitches HENRIQUES Anderson BRA 22y 3d World outdoor finalist... Outdoor pb: Pan-American Games 2011; 1 Ibero-American 2012; 2 WSG 2013 (2011-7); 8 WCH Brazilian 2011/2013. Lost 2013 World Student Games title by 0.01 to to Vladimir Krasnov RUS BACAR Jannot COM 23y 78d NR Comorian indoor record holder... Outdoor pb: ht World Youth ; ht WJC 2008; ht WIC 2012 BRENES Nery CRC 28y 163d NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION (Brenes pronounced Bren-Nez ) Outdoor pb: pb: sf WCH 2007/2011/2013 (2005-ht); sf OLY 2008 (2012-ht); 1 Central American Games 2010/2011; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 2011 (from lane 1); 1 WIC 2012 (2008/2020-4). Ankle surgery in 2013 In 2014: 4 Stockholm XL Galan; 1ht Spanish indoor; 2 Prague 2014 MASLÁK Pavel CZE 23y 14d /14 NR Reigning European Champion indoors & out... Czech record holder at 200m & 400m Outdoor pb: pb: (20.52i -14). ht World Youth 2007; 7 WJC ; 3 ETCh ; 3 under-23 ECH /2013; 5 WIC 2012; 1 ECH 2012; sf OLY 2012 (ht 200); 1 EIC 2013 (2011-ht); 3 under-23 ECH ; 5 WCH 2013 (2011-sf). 1 Czech & /2013. Coach- Dalibor Kupka In 2014: 1 Prague 300/500; 1 Düsseldorf; 1 Stockholm XL Galan; 1 Ghent Flanders (European indoor best 32.15); 1 Czech indoor 60/200; 1 Prague (European indoor best 60.36) EKELUND-ARENANDER Nick DEN 25y 43d NR Danish record holder indoors & out... Outdoor pb: pb: sf ECH 2012; sf EIC 2013 (2011-ht); sf WCH Danish & indoor 200/ /2013 In 2014: 1 Växjö (2 200); 1 Malmö (2 200); 4 Moscow Winter B ; 3 Stockholm XL Galan; 1 Gothenburg; 1 Swedish indoor (dnf 200) HURTAULT Erison DMA 29y 67d (Hurtault pronounced Err-tow ) 2010 Commonwealth Games finalist... Outdoor pb: ht OLY 2008/2012; sf WCH 2009/2011; 5 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 8 COM 2010; sf WIC NCAA His parents were born in Dominica though he is a US citizen... graduate in Economics from Colombia University... he has family in Oxford GBR and was a member of British Club Newham & Essex Beagles Carried the Dominican flag at the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony In 2014: 1 Boston Hemery B ; 2 New York CUESTA Gustavo DOM 25y 112d Outdoor pb: pb: Central American & Caribbean Champs 2012; sf WCH 2013 In 2014: 1 Boston Hemery 200 B (2 400) SANTOS Luguelín DOM 20y 115d NR 2012 Olympic silver at age 18, then 2013 World Championship bronze... Dominican Republic record holder at 200m & 400m Outdoor pb: pb: Youth Olympic Games 2010; 2 Pan-Am Games 2011; sf WIC 2012; 1 WJC 2012 (2010-6); 2 OLY 2012; 3 WCH Coach-Jose Ludwig Rubio /61kg In 2014: 1 Montréal 300/600; 2 Stockholm XL Galan; 3 Ghent Flanders 300; 2 Birmingham UJAKPOR Mark ESP 27y 48d Outdoor pb: ht WIC 2008; 8 ECP 2008; ht ECH 2010; sf EIC 2011 (2009-ht); sf WIC 2012 (4 4x400); 5 Mediterranean Games Spanish 2007/2009 & indoors 2012/2014 In 2014: 1 Sabadell; 1 Valencia; 1 Athlone; 2 Stockholm XL Galan B ; 5 Birmingham; 1 Spanish indoor; 1 Prague 2014 B NIIT Marek EST 26y 210d NR Estonian record holder at 100m, 200m & 400m... Outdoor 400 pb: pb: pb: EJC (sf 100); 1 WJC ; ht EIC ; 5 under-23 ECH ; qf WCH ; 8 WSG ; ht WCH 100/ ; ht ECH ; ht OLY 100/ Estonian /2009 ( ). Studied Food Science at University of Arkansas In 2014: 1 Fayetteville 400 (2 200); 1 Estonian indoor 400 BUCK Richard GBR 27y 113d European indoor bronze... Outdoor pb: pb: sf WJC EJC 4x (8 individually); 5 under-23 ECH 4007; 6 WSG 2007; 6 WCH 4x ; sf WIC 2008; 5 EIC 2009 (2 4x400); 3 EIC 2011 (2 4x400); sf WIC 2012 (2 4x400); 5 ECH 2012 (2 4x400); 1 EIC 4x UK indoor 2008/2009/2010. In 2004 he beat the historic York Minster chimes by completing a 440m circuit in 56.1 seconds... mother-karen Barraclough was English Schools 100m Champion in coach-steve Fudge (formerly grandfather Geoff Barraclough) In 2014: 1 Glasgow International 4x400; 1 Vienna; 2 UK indoor; 1 Birmingham B LEVINE Nigel GBR 24y 311d / European Under-23 Champion... four times UK Indoor Champion... The vine in Levine is pronounced as in grapevine Indoor pb: Outdoor pb: EJC 2007 (1 4x400); 2 WJC 4x ; 2 EIC 4x /2011; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; 3 WIC 4x ; 1 under-23 ECH 400/4x ; sf WIC 2012 (2 4x400); 2 ECH 4x ; sf OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2013 (1 4x400); 2 ETCh 2013; sf WCH 2013 (4 4x400). 1 English junior 2007; 1 UK 2013 & indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014. Born-Trinidad, moved to Britain in he is a qualified car technician and has plans to race motorcycles... coach-linford Christie In 2014: 2 Glasgow International; 1 UK indoor; 1 Birmingham Page M 5

6 KARTAVTSEVI Nika GEO 21y 266d Outdoor pb: ht World Youth 2009; ht WIC 2012 SANFORD Donald ISR 27y 30d NR Ex-USA, now the Israeli record holder indoors & out... Outdoor pb: ECH 2012; ht OLY 2012; ht EIC NCAA US Israeli 2010/2011 He married an Israeli, they moved to Israel in 2011 and began the process of naturalisation... declared eligible by the IAAF to compete for Israel from March 13, 2012 In 2014: 1 New York Gotham Cup; 1 New York (Jan 17); 1 Boston Terrier 500; 4 Moscow Winter; 3 Boston Hemery; 1 New York 200 (Feb 14) HENRY Tabarie ISV 26y 96d NR Fourth in World Championships indoors (2012) and out (2009)... US Virgin Islands record holder at 200m & 400m Outdoor pb: pb: sf OLY 2008/2012; 4 WCH 2009 (2011-7); 4 WIC Born in the US Virgin islands, moved to Miami at age 4... he has MIA (the airport code for Miami) tattooed on his right bicep and 305 (the area telephone dialling code for Miami) on the left... student of Agricultural Leadership at Texas A&M University In 2014: 2 Auburn Invitational; 3 Moscow Winter; 1 Althone International GAUNTLETT Akheem JAM 23y 193d Anchored University Arkansas to victory at 4x400m relay in 2013 US Collegiate Championships indoors (very experienced indoors) Outdoor pb: pb: North/Central American & Caribbean under ; 6 Central American & Caribbean Champs NCAA indoor ; 7 NCAA 2012 (2013-8). Student of criminal justice and sociology at the University of Arkansas In 2014: 1 New York Gotham Cup 300; 1 Boston Terrier; 2 Moscow Winter; 2 Fayetteville STEELE Edino JAM 27y 60d World indoor relay silver World outdoor relay silver Outdoor pb: ( ). 200 pb: WJC 2006; ht WIC 2008 (2 4x400); sf WIC 2010; 2 WCH 4x (44.3 split). 1 Jamaican junior 2006 In 2014: 1 Kingston (Jan 25); 1 Kingston Camperdown (Feb 8); 4 Birmingham; 1 Birmingham Games; 1 Prague 2014 ; 3 Metz 200 PETERS Bram NED 22y 29d NR At the 2014 Dutch Indoor Championships he broke the Dutch indoor record of Arjen Vissermann which had stood since 1987 Outdoor pb: under-23 ECH Dutch 2011 & indoor 2014 In 2014: 2 Kirchberg; 1 Dutch indoor KRZEWINA Jakub POL 24y 148d Outdoor pb: pb: ht WJC 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 4x (2011-2). 1 Polish indoor 2012 (2014-2) In 2014: 1 Spala (Feb 2); 1 Spala (Feb 8); 2 Polish indoor OMELKO Rafał POL 25y 50d Fourth at 2013 World Student Games... Outdoor 400 pb: H pb: ht ECH 400H 2010; 4 WSG Polish indoor 2014 In 2014: 2 Prague; 1 Stockholm XL Galan B ; 1 Polish indoor SEPA Siologa Viliamu SAM 23y 353d Outdoor pb: Pacific Mini Games 2013 GORDON Lalonde TTO 25y 101d (Lalonde is pranced with two syllables) Two bronzes from London 2012 Outdoor pb: sf COM 2010; 3 WIC 4x ; 3 OLY 400/4x ; 2 Central American Champs ; sf WCH Trinidadian & Born-Tobago, moved to New York aged eight, he did not run seriously until age 19, having previously tried to make it in volleyball and basketball... he is not related to 400m hurdler Jehue Gordon... coach-trevor Greene In 2014: 1 New York 200 (Jan 18); 1 Columbia Invitational 400; 1 Boston Hemery 200/400; 1 New York Millrose 300 SOLOMON Jarrin TTO 28y 55d Olympic relay bronze... Outdoor pb: WIC 4x ; 3 OLY 4x ; sf WCH Central American & Caribbean Champs Son of Mike Solomon (pb 45.55), who ran in two Olympics and was sixth at 400m in Moscow 1980 In 2014: 1 Albuquerque 600 (Jan 18); 2 Albuquerque (Jan 25); 1 Boston New Balance 500 BUTRYM Vitaliy UKR 23y 56d European under-23 silver medallist... Outdoor pb: under-23 ECH 2011; ht OLY 2012; sf EIC 2013; 2 under-23 ECH Ukrainian 2012/2013 & indoor 2014 In 2014: 2 Sumy; 5 Moscow Winter; 1 Ukrainian indoor FAGUNDEZ Falcon URU 23y 362d Outdoor pb: ( ) BUTLER Kind USA 24y 333d Name is pronounced as in mankind (therefore not as in kindle)... Outdoor 400 pb: pb: pb: LJ pb: 7.60i -14. sf US Olympic Trial 200/ Astonishing film of him on YouTube performing a standing jump on to the top of a 62-inch stack of weight disks (on New Year s Eve, 2012)... graduate of Fitness and Exercise Science from Indiana University... coaches-geoffrey Huntoon & Mike Holmon He is named Kind after his father and his Grandfather, who was given that name as it was the surname of the Doctor who delivered him In 2014: 1 Allendale 60/200; 3 Glasgow International 4x400; 3 Indiana Relays LJ; 1 Notre Dame 60/LJ; 1 Indianapolis 400; 2 US indoor 400 B (3rd overall) CLEMONS Kyle USA 23y 192d Ranked seventh in the USA outdoors in Outdoor pb: sf US 2010 (2012/2013-ht); 1 US indoor Attends University of Kansas In 2014: 1 Lawrence 600Y; 1 Lincoln NE 200/400 (Jan 18); 2 Lincoln NE (Feb 7); 1 US indoor VERBURG David USA 22y 297d Led off US relay team which won at the 2013 World Championships... Outdoor pb: WJC 4x ; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under ; 1 WCH 4x He took up athletics after being told he was he was told he was too small for college football (he s 1.67m tall or 5-6)... studied sports marketing at George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia)... coach-mike Holloway Never races in socks but says he must always wear some sort of bracelet when competing In 2014: 4 Glasgow International; 1 Moscow Winter; 1 US indoor B (2nd overall) Page M 6

7 WORLD ALL-TIME LIST Kerron Clement USA Michael Johnson USA Kirani James GRN LaShawn Merritt USA Danny Everett USA Torrin Lawrence USA Deon Lendore TTO = Thomas Schönlebe GDR Alvin Harrison USA Nery Brenes CRC WORLD LIST Deon Lendore TTO Lalonde Gordon TTO Arman Hall USA Vernon Norwood USA Kyle Clemons USA David Verburg USA Pavel Maslák CZE Nigel Levine GBR Kind Butler USA Luguelín Santos DOM Page M 7

8 IAAF World Indoor Championships Biographical Entry List (may include reserves) Men s 800 Metres 21 Entrants Event starts: March 7 Age (Days) Born 2014 Best Personal Best LÓPEZ Kevin ESP 23y 268d : : Spanish record holder outdoors... two European indoor medals... Outdoor pb: 1: pb: (47.77i -14) pb: 3: ht World Youth 2007; sf WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 6 ECH 2010 (2012-sf); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2013 (2011-3); 8 ETCh 2013; sf WCH Spanish 2010/2013 & indoor 2012/2013/2014. His father named him after the 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz In 2014: 2 Antequera (Jan 12); 1 Antequera 400 (Jan 18); 3 Düsseldorf; 3 Karlsruhe; 3 Stockholm XL Galan; 1 Antequera 400 (Feb 15); 1 Spanish indoor AMAN Mohamed ETH 20y 56d : : NR DEFENDING IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION Full name-mohamed Aman Geleto Reigning World Champion indoors & out Outdoor pb: 1: Mile pb: 3: Falkirk Cup 2009 (apparently aged 15); dq African Junior 2009 (won it, but he was proved to be underage); 1 African junior 2011; 2 World Youth 2011; 1 WIC 2012; 6 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-8). In Milan 2011 became the first and only man to defeat David Rudisha at 800m since 2009, and he did so again in Zurich 2012 In 2014: 1 Moscow Winter 600; 1 Stockholm XL Galan; 1 Birmingham MOHAMMED Mukhtar GBR 23y 96d : : Born-Somaila, moved to UK in 2002, gained British citizenship in European under-23 bronze & 2013 European indoor bronze at 800m Outdoor pb: 1: pb: 3: under-23 ECH 2011; sf ECH 2012; 3 EIC UK indoor Played in the reserve team of Sheffield Wednesday FC in , during this period he placed second in the English Schools Championships 800m, apparently on football training only... coach- John Bigg In 2014: 1 UK indoor; 7 Birmingham OSAGIE Andrew GBR 26y 16d : : Olympic finalist World finalist... Outdoor pb: 1: pb: 3: sf COM 2010; 4 EIC 2011; 3 WIC 2012 (2010-sf); 8 OLY 2012; 3 ETCh 2013; 5 WCH 2013 (2011-sf). 1 UK 2011/2012 (1 indoor 2010). He is a Black Belt in Karate... his Nigerian father (also called Andrew) was a javelin thrower... coach-craig Winrow, he was also a member of the On Camp with Kelly [Holmes] project tall He did not win a race in 2013 but produced his best when it mattered most: his semi-final and final in Moscow In 2014: 3 Glasgow International 600; 2 Düsseldorf; dq UK indoor (crossed the line first but then disqualified for running inside the track border in the process of taking the lead on the last backstraight); 4 Birmingham ENGLISH Mark IRL 20y 354d : : NR Irish record holder indoors... Outdoor pb: 1: WJC 2012; ht WCH Irish 2011 & indoors 2011/2013 In 2014: 2 Athlone; 1 Stockholm XL Galan B KRISTINSSON Kristinn Thór ISL 24y 181d : : Outdoor pb: 1: Icelandic 2013 & indoor 2014 In 2014: 1 Reykjavik; 1 Icelandic indoor MUTAI Jeremiah KEN 21y 69d : : Full name-jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai Former 400m hurdler who improved at 800m from 1:48.1 to 1:43.9 in 2013 but then tore his Achilles in the first lap of his 800m heat at the World Championships and was eliminated in (1:50.17) Outdoor 800 pb: 1: pb: H pb: World Youth 400H 2009; sf WJC 400H 2010; 2 African junior 400H 2011; ht WCH He is a member of the Kenyan Police Presidential Escort Unit In 2014: 2 Glasgow International 600; 3 Moscow Winter 600 B ; 4 Stockholm XL Galan; 6 Birmingham 268 SUIUNBAEV Tenirberdi KGZ 19y 183d CAMARA Moussa MLI 26y 23d : NR Malian record holder indoors & out... Outdoor pb: 1: ht World Youth 2005; ht WIC 2010/2012; sf WCH 2011 (2013-ht); 8 African Champs 2012; ht OLY 2012; 7 Francophone Games 2013 ETÈS Brice MON 29y 329d : : NR Ex-France, became eligible to compete for Monaco from Monegasque record holder (1:47.61 in 2010) Outdoor pb: 1: Small States Games 2005/2007/2011 (2009-4); ht WIC 2010/2012; sf ECH 2010 (2012-ht); ht EIC 2011/2013; dq ht OLY 2012 (out of lane) In 2014: 3ht French indoor KUPERS Thijmen NED 22y 154d : : x Dutch Indoor Champion... Outdoor pb: 1: sf EIC Dutch 2013 (1 indoors 2012/2013/2014 In 2014: 1 Apeldoorn; dnf Düsseldorf; 1 Athlone; 3 Ghent Flanders; 1 Dutch indoor 300 HUSSAIN Saddam PAK 18y 256d KSZCZOT Adam POL 24y 186d : : NR (Kszczot pronounced Ksh-chot )... twice European Indoor Champion World indoor bronze European bronze Outdoor pb: 1: pb: EJC 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 4 EIC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2009/2011; 3 WIC 2010; 3 ECH 2010; 1 EIC 2011/2013; 1 ETCh 2011/2013 (2009-9); 6 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-sf); sf OLY Polish 2010/2012 (1 indoor 2009/2010/2011/2012/2014) In 2014: 1 Düsseldorf; 2 Moscow Winter 600; 1 Ghent Flanders; 3 Birmingham; 1 Polish indoor LEWANDOWSKI Marcin POL 26y 267d : : Fourth at the last two World Championships outdoors European Champion Outdoor 800 pb: 1: pb: 3: EJC ; 4 WJC ; 8 WSG ; 2 ECP ; sf OLY /2012; 3 ETCh ; 1 ECH ; 2 EIC (2009-6); 1 World Military Games ; 4 WCH /2013 (2009-8); dnf WIC 800 sf 2012; 4 EIC At WXC: short. 1 Polish 2011 ( /2010) In 2014: 8 Düsseldorf 1500; 2 Karlsruhe 800; 2 Stockholm XL Galan 800; 3 Birmingham 1500 (Polish indoor record 3:37.37); 2 Polish indoor 800; 1 Metz 1000 (Polish indoor record 2:17.67) Page M 8

9 BALLA Abdulrahman Musaeb QAT 24y 353d : : NR Reigning Asian Champion indoors & out... Outdoor pb: 1: pb: Asian Games 2010; sf WIC 2012; sf OLY 2012; 1 Asian Champs 2013; sf WCH 2013; 1 Francophone Games 2013; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2014 (2010-2) In 2014: 3 Moscow Winter 600; 5 Stockholm XL Galan; 1 Asian Indoor Champs OLIVIER Andre RSA 24y 68d : : African bronze medallist... Outdoor pb: 1: pb: 3: World Youth ; 3 WJC 2008; 3 African Champs 2012; sf OLY South African Retired in 2009 due to persistent injuries but decided to come back later that year after watching his compatriot Mbulaeni Mulaudzi win the world title in Berlin... in the meantime he had 1:45.41 tattooed on his right arm, his pre-retirement pb tall In 2014: 2 Birmingham (1:44.99 in his first ever indoor race, and his first race in eight moths following a stress fracture) POISTOGOV Stepan RUS 27y 83d : : Outdoor pb: 1: ETCh 2009; ht EIC Russian indoor 2014 (2008/2010/2011-2). He is married to London Olympic 800m bronze medallist Yekaterina Poistogova In 2014: 1 Yekaterinburg 1000; 1 Ural indoor; 4 Moscow Winter; 1 Russian indoor; 1 Prague 2014 KURALOV Farkhod TJK 20y 354d : NR Outdoor pb: 1: Asian junior 2010; ht WJC 2010; 7 Asian Champs 2011; ht WIC It was falsely claimed that he had clocked 1:46.28 for 800m (an Olympic qualifying standard) in May 2012 RUTT Michael USA 26y 130d : : World indoor finalist... member of the New Jersey-New York Track Club Outdoor pb: 1: WIC US Clubs 2008/2009; 2 NCAA indoor 2011; 2 US indoor Was a student of exercise science at the University of Connecticut In 2014: 5 New York Mile; 1 Boston Hemery 800; 4 New York Millrose 1000; 6 US indoor SOWINSKI Erik USA 24y 76d : : Twice US Indoor Champion... US indoor record holder at 600m (1:15.61 in 2013) Outdoor pb: 1: US indoor 2013/2014 In 2014: 1 Lincoln NE 600; 2 New York 600; 4 Düsseldorf; 5 Moscow Winter 600; 1 Boston New Balance; 2 New York Millrose 1000; 1 US indoor SYMMONDS Nick USA 30y 67d : : World silver... Outdoor pb: 1: pb: 3: WIC 2008 (2010-dq ht); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 5 OLY 2012 (2008-sf); 2 WCH 2013 (2007-sf, , ). 1 US 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 & Indoor 2007/2010. He can speak Spanish... graduate of biochemistry from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon In 2014: 1 Winston-Salem; 3 New York Millrose 1000; 3 US indoor WORLD ALL-TIME LIST 1...1: Wilson Kipketer DEN : Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS : Mohamed Aman ETH : Adam Kszczot POL : Joseph Mutua KEN : Ahmad Ismail SUD : Pawel Czapiewski POL : Abubaker Kaki SUD : Mehdi Baala FRA : Paul Ereng KEN WORLD LIST 1...1: Mohamed Aman ETH 2...1: André Olivier RSA 3...1: Adam Kszczot POL 4...1: Andrew Osagie GBR 5...1: Marcin Lewandowski POL 6...1: Kevin López ESP 7...1: Abraham Rotich BRN 8...1: Drew Windle USA 9...1: Stepan Poistogov RUS : Thijmen Kupers NED Page M 9

10 IAAF World Indoor Championships Biographical Entry List (may include reserves) Men s 1500 Metres 25 Entrants Event starts: March 7 Age (Days) Born 2014 Best Personal Best VOJTA Andreas AUT 24y 271d : : Twice European finalist at 1500m... Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: ECH /2012; 4 under-23 ECH ; ht WCH /2013; ht OLY ; ht EIC ; 3 WSG At EXC: u23, u23, Austrian /2010/2011/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014) tall In 2014: 2 Vienna 1500; 4 Ghent Flanders 1500; 1 Austrian indoor 1500; 2 Prague BRANNEN Nate CAN 31y 180d : : Commonwealth silver World finalist... Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 7:47.90i -06, 7: Mile pb: 3: pb: 1: ht WCH ; sf COM ; 2 COM ; 6 WCP ; sf OLY /2012; 0 WCH (2005/2009-sf). 1 Canadian /2009/2012/ NCAA indoor /2004. At WXC: J. Was at the University of Michigan In 2014: 1 Geneva OH Mile; 3 Boston New Balance Mile; 4 New York Millrose Mile; 2 Boston Last Chance 1000 He is very near to the long-standing Canadian indoor record of 3:38.73 which has stood to Doug Consiglio since 1986 HOLUSA Jakub CZE 26y 15d : : NR 2012 World indoor silver... twice fifth at European Championships Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: pb: SC pb: 8: World Youth 2000SC 2005; 1 EJC 3000SC 2007; ht OLY ; 8 ETCh ; 3 under-23 ECH ; 5 ECH /2012; 5 EIC ; 6 ETCh ; 2 WIC (2010-5); 5 ECH ; ht OLY Czech indoor /2014. At EXC: J, J. Coach-Josef Vedra In 2014: 6 Bordeaux 3000; 1 Athlone 1500; 6 Ghent Flanders 3000; 1 Czech indoor 800; 5 Prague SOULEIMAN Ayanleh DJI 21y 93d :35.2 3: NR Full name-hassan Ayanleh Souleiman 2013 World bronze at 800m but then out in semi-finals of his main event there Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: Mile pb: 3: ht World Youth ; 6 African Games ; 1 Arab Games & Champs ; 5 WIC ; 2 African Champs ; 3 WCH (sf 1500); 1 Francophone Games Born-Somalia, came to Djibouti in made extraordinary improvement from 3:42.70 to 3:34.32 to win at 2011 Arab Games. Coach-Jama Aden (so he is based in Sweden with Aden s group which includes Abubaker Kaki) In 2014: 4 Düsseldorf 3000; 2 Stockholm XL Galan 1500 MECHAAL Adel ESP 23y 92d : : Born-Morocco, gained Spanish citizenship in February Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: ETCh Spanish indoor In 2014: 1 Sabadell 1500 (Jan 24); dnf Ghent Flanders 3000; 2 Sabadell 1500 (Feb 15); 2 Spanish indoor 1500 GEBREMEDHIN Mekonnen ETH 25y 146d : : Full name-mekonnen Gebremedhin Woldegiorgis Seventh at the past two World Championships World Indoor bronze Outdoor pb: 3: pb: 1: Mile pb: 3: ht World Youth ; sf WJC ; 3 African Champs 2010; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 7 WCH 2011/2013 (2007-sf, 2009-ht); 3 WIC 2012 (2008-6, ); 6 OLY 2012 (was in bronze medal position entering the homestraight) In 2014: 2 Karlsruhe; 5 Birmingham WOTE Aman ETH 29y 322d :36.4 3: (Aka Aman Wetiye).. fourth at 2012 World Indoor Championships... Outdoor pb: 3: pb: 1: Mile pb: 3: African Champs 2010; 5 African Games 2011; 4 WIC 2012; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013 In 2014: 4 Moscow Winter EMANUEL Lee GBR 29y 42d : : Twice US Collegiate Champion at indoor mile, representing the University of New Mexico Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 7:45.12i pb: 13: pb: 1: COM NCAA indoor Mile 2009/2010; 2 UK indoor Media graduate from Sheffield Hallam University, then he took a Master s Degree in PE the University of New Mexico... originally from Hastings... Aston Villa supporter In 2014: 1 Albuquerque 800; 1 New York Mile (3:54.30, 2nd on UK all-time list indoors); 1 UK indoor 1500; 7 Birmingham 3000 O'HARE Chris GBR 23y 104d : : World finalist... Scottish indoor record holder at 1500m & One Mile Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: Mile pb: 3:52.98i pb: 14: At EXC: J. 8 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 12 WCH UK ; 1 NCAA indoor Mile 2012 His younger sister Olivia O Hare was second in the 2011 UK Schools Games 800m In 2014: 1 Glasgow International; 2 UK indoor; 5 New York Millrose Mile TESFAYE Homiyu GER 20y 257d : : (aka Heyi Homiyu Tesfaye, Homiyu Tesfaye Heyi, Tesfaye Homiyu, but he confirms that the correct order is Homiyu Tesfaye) Ethiopian origin, gained German citizenship on June 28, 2013 after having lived in that country for more than one year and so cleared by the IAAF to represent Germany from that date Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: pb: 13: ,000 pb: 29: WCH German junior 3000/ ; 1 German indoor & 10, According to transponder timings he had the quickest last lap, 53.16, in the 2013 World Championship 1500m In 2014: 12 Düsseldorf 1500; 4 Karlsruhe 1500; 7 Ghent Flanders 3000; 2 Birmingham 1500 GOMEZ Aitor GIB 21y 308d :12.3 4: Outdoor pb: 3: At WXC: J Attends Loughborough University (19 British Universities XC 2013). Coach-David Howe In 2014: 49 British Universities XC; 5 Inter Varsity 1500; 4 RAF Invitational 1500; 4ht British Universities Indoor 3000 McCARTHY David IRL 25y 215d : : Indoor 3000 pb: 7: (7:54.39i -14). Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 7: pb: 13: ht World Youth ; ht WJC ; 3 under-23 ECH At EXC: J, u23, Irish indoor In 2014: 11 Great Edinburgh XC; 3 Vienna 1500; 2 Athlone 1500; 2 Irish Universities indoor 1500 (3 800); 1 Irish indoor 1500; 6 Prague BIRGEN Bethwel KEN 25y 212d :35.3 3: Outdoor pb: 3: Mile pb: 3: pb: 7:37.17i -14, 7: pb: 1: ht WIC 2012; sf WCH 2013 In 2014: 2 Boston Terrier 3000; 1 Düsseldorf 1500; 2 Moscow Winter 1500; 3 Stockholm XL Galan 1500; 4 Birmingham 1500 Page M 10

11 KIPLAGAT Silas KEN 24y 199d : : Commonwealth Games Champion World silver... Outdoor pb: 3: Mile pb: 3: pb: 1: pb: 7: K pb: 28: African Champs 2010; 1 COM 2010; 2 WCH 2011 (2013-6); 6 WIC 2012; 7 OLY Kenyan 2011 (2010-2). He did not run at all when in high school and started training seriously as a runner in coach-moses Kiptanui He was the world #1 on the circuit in 2012 with wins at Doha, London (Emsley Carr Mile), Lausanne, Brussels and Rieti In 2014: 4 Düsseldorf; 1 Moscow Winter; 8 Stockholm XL Galan; 6 Birmingham IGUIDER Abdelaati MAR 26y 347d : DEFENDING IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION 2012 Olympic bronze at 1500m, Morocco s only medal at London 2012 across all sports, he was also in at the kill for the 5000m final Outdoor pb: 3: Mile pb: 3: pb: 7: pb: 13: WJC 2004 (2006-2); 5 WCH 2011 (2007-ht, 2009/2013-sf); 1 WIC 2012 (2010-2); 3 OLY 2012 (2008-5); 6 OLY At WXC: J In 2014: 5 Ghent Flanders 3000 (overall pb 7:39.56) MOUSTAOUI Mohamed MAR 28y 339d :35.0 3: Sixth at two World Championships... Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: WJC 2004; 5 African Champs 2006; 1 Arab 2007; sf OLY 2008/2012; 2 Mediterranean Games 2009; 6 WCH 2009/2011 (2007-sf, ). At WXC: J, J, short. Based-Rabat... coach-ayoube El Madili In 2014: 3 Düsseldorf 3000; 1 European Clubs XC; 1 Stockholm XL Galan WILLIS Nick NZL 30y 316d : : NR 2008 Olympic silver... he replaced the legendary John Walker as New Zealand record holder at 1500m (though not yet the mile) Outdoor pb: 3: Mile pb: 3: pb: 1: pb: 13: WJC 2002; 1 COM 2006 (2010-3); 3 WCP 2006; 10 WCH 2007 (2005/2013-sf, ); dq WIC 2008 (originally 5th, he ran inside the track); 2 OLY 2008 (2004-sf, ). 1 NCAA indoor New Zealand /2012. At WXC: short, short. Economics Graduate from University of Michigan... coach-ron Warhurst In 2014: 1 Wanganui Mile; 1 Wellington 800; 1 Boston New Balance Mile; 3 New York Millrose Mile AL-MASSRI Wesam PLE 23y 104d Outdoor pb: 3: Asian Champs ZAIZAN Ioan ROU 30y 229d : : NR 17x Romanian Champion at 800 or 1500 indoors & out... Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: WSG ; 6 WSG ; ht EIC ; 1 Balkan Romanian / & Romanian indoor /2005/2006/2008/2012/2013/2014 & indoor /2009/2012/2013 In 2014: 1 Vienna 1500; 1 Romanian indoor 800; 2 Istanbul 1000; 3 Balkan indoor 1500 KREVS Mitja SLO 24y 224d : : NR Slovenian indoor record holder at 1500m... Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: ht EIC At EXC: J, u23, u23, Slovenian , /2012/2013, In 2014: 6 Faro XC; 9 Vienna 1500; 3 Linz Gugl 1500; 8 Ghent Flanders 1500; 1 Vienna 1500; 2 Balkan indoor 1500; 3 Prague ABDI Omar Mohamed SOM 23y 65d 1991 Somalia at the IAAF World Indoor Championships for the first time In 2014: 2 Boston Terrier 1000 ÖZBILEN Ilham Tanui TUR 24y 2d : : NR TRANSFEREE Formerly: William Biwott Tanui KEN Became a Turkish citizen on June 9, 2011 and under IAAF competition ruling, was not due to to be eligible to compete for Turkey until June on February 27, 2012 the IAAF Council agreed to end the waiting period for him (and Polat Kemboi Arikan), enabling them to enter him for the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul where he won silver Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 1: Mile pb: 3: WIC 2012; 6 ECH 2012; 8 OLY 2012; 1 Balkan indoor 2013; 2 EIC 2013; 1 ETCh 2013 (2 800); 1 Mediterranean Games 800/ ; sf WCH His best year was 2009: World Junior Mile record in Oslo; Ran first leg for Kenyan team which set a world record at 4x1500m in Brussels; Won at World Athletics Final In 2014: 6 Düsseldorf 1500; 5 Moscow Winter 1500; 1 Istanbul 1000; 1 Balkan indoor 1500 HEATH Garrett USA 28y 124d : : Seventh at 2010 World Indoor 1500m US Road Mile Champion Outdoor pb: 3: Mile pb: 3: pb: 7: pb: 13: WIC NCAA 2009 (2007-7, ). He was twice Minnesota State Champion in Nordic skiing... was at Stanford University (where he now works as an assistant coach) In September 2013 he won the Great North CityGames Mile and then went on to place third in the Fifth Avenue Mile In 2014: 1 Great Edinburgh short course XC; 2 New York Mile (Jan 25); 4 Boston New Balance 3000; 3 US indoor LEER Will USA 28y 326d : : Double US Champion indoors in Outdoor pb: 3: pb: 7: ht WIC US Olympic Trials US indoor 1500/ NCAA div / (representing Pomona College, Claremont, California) In 2014: 1 Flagstaff 3000; 8 Boston New Balance 3000; 1 New York Millrose Mile (beat strong field in 3:52.47); 2 US indoor LOMONG Lopez USA 29y 65d : : He was flagbearer for the US team at the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony... former US Collegiate Champion, representing Northern Arizona University Outdoor 1500 pb: 3: pb: 7: pb: 13: pb: 1: sf OLY ; 8 WCH (2013-sf); 6 WIC ; 10 OLY US / NCAA (2006-4). Refugee from Sudan, he was abducted by militia men at the age of six but escaped to Kenya and lived in a camp for refugees before being relocated to live with a family in the State of New York... now lives-bearverton, Oregon... coach-john Hayes In 2014: 2 Albuquerque Mile; 4 Boston New Balance Mile; 1 US indoor 1500 (4 3000) Page M 11