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Mo Farah wins thrilling 5,000 at Zurich to end track career

ZURICH (AP) — Four-time Justin Gatlin of the U.S. was
Olympic champion Mo never in contention in the
Farah’s track career end- 100, clocking 10.04. Brit-
ed with a thrilling win in ain’s Chijindu Ujah won in
a sprawling four-man fin- his season’s best of 9.97.
ish to the 5,000 meters at Dafne Schippers of the
the Weltklasse Diamond Netherlands faded into
League meeting on Thurs- fourth in the 200 watch-
day. ing worlds bronze medalist
Farah avenged his world Shaunae Miller-Uibo race
championships loss by Muk- to a Bahamas national
tar Edris, who fell over the record of 21.88. Olympic
finish line in third as just 0.13 champion Elaine Thomp-
seconds separated the first son of Jamaica was sec-
four men. They also shared ond in 22.00. World cham-
the top-four places in Lon- pion Caster Semenya
don two weeks ago. timed 1:55.84 in an easy
Britain’s Farah doggedly women’s 800 victory, and
held his lead to clock 13 fellow South African gold
minutes 6.05 seconds, 0.04 medalist Luvo Manyonga
ahead of Paul Chelimo won the men’s long jump.
of the United States who Other world champions
pushed Farah and Edris winning were Sally Pearson
across the line. race by high jump world born 20-year-old runner what track fans missed by of Australia in the 110 hur-
Chelimo, the worlds bronze champion Mutaz Essa who represents Bahrain, clocking a 43.95 winning dles and Sam Kendricks of
medalist, had the same Barshim to kneel in prayer clocked the second fastest time on Thursday that was the U.S. in pole vault.
time as Edris who was al- on the track. They then time ever in the women’s 0.03 faster than Wayde The men’s 400 hurdles
ready stumbling and then hugged. 3,000 steeplechase. van Niekerk’s gold-medal world champion Karsten
brought down his Ethiopia Earlier, Qatar’s Barshim won Jebet’s 8 minutes, 55.29 performance. Makwala Warholm of Norway ran a
teammate Yomif Kejelcha his event clearing 2.36 me- seconds was less than then dropped to the track personal record of 48.22
in fourth. ters, one centimeter above three seconds outside the to do some pushups. Two yet was beaten by the
“Oh man, I had to fight his gold-medal height in record she set a year ago world champion sprinters 48.07 from Kyron McMas-
the last 200 meters there. I London. in Paris. World champion were beaten into fourth ter, the University of Florida
managed to hold them,” The outstanding time of the Emma Coburn of the U.S. place on a cool 18-degree student from the British Vir-
Farah said in a television meet was run by an Olym- was fourth. Isaac Makwala (64-Fahrenheit) evening. gin Islands.q
interview. The 34-year-old pic champion who placed was denied a chance to
runner will switch to road only fifth at the world run his favored 400 event
races. championships. in London by illness, but the
Farah was joined after his Ruth Jebet, the Kenyan- Botswana runner showed

Mayweather-McGregor winner to

get gaudy Money Belt from WBC

which isn’t actually for
any real WBC champion-
ship.
Instead, WBC President
Mauricio Sulaiman on
Wednesday revealed the
gloriously blingy Money
Belt , which is studded with
3,360 diamonds, 600 sap- In this Jan. 21, 2017, file photo, San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili,
right, passes the ball around Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving
phires, 300 emeralds and during an NBA basketball game in Cleveland.
1 1/2 kilograms of 24-karat Associated Press
gold on green Italian alli- Manu Ginobili returning
gator leather.
showed off the Money for 16th season with Spurs
Sulaiman
grinningly
Belt and Mayweather SAN ANTONIO (AP) — with one team and play at
posed for photos with it Manu Ginobili is returning least 16 seasons, joining Tim
after a news conference
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Conor McGregor pose for for his 16th season with the Duncan, Tony Parker, Kobe
photographers during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. for Saturday’s show. San Antonio Spurs. Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, John
23, 2017, in Las Vegas. The WBC also created a The Spurs re-signed the Stockton, Reggie Miller and
similarly shiny monstros-
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd The winner also gets The ity for Mayweather’s 2015 40-year-old Argentine John Havlicek.
Mayweather and Conor Money Belt. bout with Manny Pac- guard Thursday. Ginobili led Argentina to
McGregor aren’t just The World Boxing Coun- quiao. Terms of the deal weren’t the 2004 Olympic title. He
fighting for money in the cil has created a special Mayweather was a long- disclosed. and Bill Bradley are the
boxing spectacle of the prize for this weekend’s time WBC champion be- Ginobili will become the only players win an NBA
summer. 154-pound showdown, fore his retirement.q eighth player in NBA history and Euroleague titles and
to spend his entire career an Olympic gold medal.q