Lagat sets American indoor record for 5,000 meters

Lagat's time of 13 minutes, 11.50 seconds beat the previous mark by almost 7 seconds. He held off a desperate charge by Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel, who finished in 13:11.78

Galen Rupp, the former record-holder, was fourth in 13:14.21, still ahead of his old record of 13:18.12.

Ethiopians ran 1-2 in a strong women's 3,000 field, with world junior champ Kalkidan Gezahegn holding off Genzebe Dibaba and American Shannon Rowbury to win in 8:45.19.

Dibaba is the younger sister of Tirunesh Dibaba, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who ran away with the 5,000 in 14:44.53.

New Zealand's Nick Willis, the silver medalist in the 1,500 at Beijing, defended his title in the men's mile in 3:55.27.

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