TURAVA WINS INAUGURAL WOMEN'S STEEPLECHASE
By David Monti
(c) 2006 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

GÖTEBORG (12-Aug) --  With little drama, Alesia Turava of Belarus won the inaugural European Championships 3000m steeplechase for women, establishing a championships record of 9:26.05.  Russia's Tatyana Petrova, who is also an accomplished road racer, took the silver in 9:28.05 and Poland's Wioletta Janowska got the bronze in 9:31.62.

Turava did not contest this event at last summer's IAAF World Championships in Athletics, instead running the 1500m where she was eliminated in the heats.  Look for her to be a factor in next summer's World Championships in the steeple.

MEN'S MARATHON TOMORROW
Olympic gold medalist Stefano Baldini leads tomorrow's entry list for the men's marathon.  The charismatic Italian won the European title in 1998 in Budapest, and didn't contest the event in 2002 in Munich (he ran the 10,000m instead).  His top challenger will probably be Spaniard Julio Rey, whose 2:06:52 personal best set earlier this year is the fastest in the field.  He's also the reigning European Championships bronze medalist and earned the silver medal at the 2003 IAAF World Championships.   Fifty-four men are on the entry list.

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