Kellie Brennan of Fountain Valley finished 15th.One...
Kellie Brennan of Fountain Valley finished 15th.
One day after breaking his world record for 5,000 meters, Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie was injured in an automobile accident at Addis Ababa. Gebrselassie, 24, was treated and released by a hospital after suffering minor cuts and abrasions in the accident Thursday. . . . Odalmis Limonta, a member of the Cuban women’s relay track team, and her mother reportedly are seeking asylum in Spain. Limonta was on Cuba’s 1,600-meter relay team, which won the gold in the Central American games in June. She also participated for Cuba at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics.
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