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Well 31 minutes would get you into most country's teams, but now we can see why it is nowhere near fast enough for an Ethiopian singlet, with Meselech Melkamu running the second-fastest time ever for 10,000 in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Sunday. Click here to read the article
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"If I had of arrived in Delhi healthy I know I would have done something special... but that’s part of the game, staying healthy."Ryan Gregson, withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games |
Australia's Commonwealth Games hopes have taken another blow, with national 1500m record holder Ryan Gregson withdrawing from next month's event due to injury. 
Commonwealth Games 5000m representative Ben St Lawrence has shattered his personal best in the 3000m at the Notturna Di Milano meet in Italy. 
Matt Shirvington has backed the Commonwealth Games boycott of John Steffensen - convinced Athletics Australia must make significant changes before again becoming a "super power" in track and field. 
AA chief executive Dallas O'Brien said Steffensen would be required to front a tribunal after being charged with breaching the organisation's code of conduct with his comments at April's national championships. 
It will take another generation of athletes to dip under the brand new 800 metres world record of one minute, 41.01 seconds. 
Outspoken athlete John Steffensen has reportedly chosen to quit the Delhi Commonwealth Games team as a protest against Athletics Australia. 
