Bekele wins the 10,000

The World Championships for track & field got underway this past weekend, and the men's 10,000 final was run yesterday. In possibly the least surprising result of the entire event, Kenenisa Bekele won. He ran an impressive 26:46, which is a lot faster than any American has ever run. Ritz posted a very impressive 27:22 to earn 6th place overall. He was the top American finisher. Galen Rupp was 8th in 27:37. The big news, of course, was not the 10,000 but the men's 100, where Usain Bolt tore up the competition and lowered the World Record to 9.58. That guy is amazing. Tyson Gay ran 9.71 to take the silver and break the American Record, but his fine race was overshadowed. Bolt is simply a world ahead of everyone else. Every time he steps on the track, he's a threat to break the WR. I'm interested in seeing whether or not he'll step up to the 400 to see what he can do. I'm not sure how many times he's run that event before, but based on his past 200m performances, it stands to reason he could dominate that as well.