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World Record Set in Inaugural Olympic Women's Steeplechase! RESULTS HERE (Samitova Breaks her own WR in 8:58.81) IAAF Recap HERE What's Next? Rieti (9/7/08) World Athletics Final (9/13/08) Latest Updates at Steeplechics.com: Including content from "Women's Steeplechase Report," a free e-mail newsletter from Dr. James Fields. Results added 08/31/08: Athletics Meet (08/20/2008) Athletics Meet (08/17/2008) Olympic Games Final (08/17/2008) Athletics Meet (08/16/2008) Olympic Games Semi-Finals (08/15/2008) National U17 and U16 Champs (08/09/2008) National Age-Group Champs (08/08/2008) Trafford Grand Pric (07/29/2008) National Jr. Athletic League (07/27/2008) Youth Meet (07/25/2008) Bio Update: (08/26/08) Rasa Troup Bio Update: (08/25/08) Ann Gaffigan   Steeple Chics in the News: Links to external news sources covering women's steeplechasing. Allen Joins McMillan Elite (09/05/08) Recent Stanford graduate Lindsay Allen has joined McMillan Elite, an elite training group based in Flagstaff....more Barringer Back Home (09/03/08) Now back in the United States, Barringer is taking a little over two weeks off from running to relax and catch up with friends and school. But she will always have an experience full of stories from the two weeks she spent in China. ...more IAAF Celebrates 80 Years of Women's Athletics at the Olympic Games (09/01/08) The IAAF is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first participation of women athletes at the Olympic Games with an exclusive photo exhibition offering 53 exceptional images of our sport’s most famous and charismatic women athletes....more Barringer's Flotrack Blog: Forever But Not Always (08/26/08) Just a quick final post before this whole thing is all over and I'm back in Boulder. I didn't stay one day too short or one day too long. I'm ready for it all to be over but happy for each day with its own adventures and lessons....more Lindsey Anderson, Track & Field, USA (08/23/08) Lindsey Anderson never thought she would make it this far. She figured she would finish her college career at Weber State, embark on a teaching career and perhaps start a family. ...more Flotrack Interview with Barringer (08/20/08) Jenny Barringer is interviewed after setting the American Record in the Olympic Steeplechase Final...more Willard Takes 10th in the Steeplechase (08/18/08) Anna Wilard set a goal: Get to the Olympics and make the finals. That she did, qualifying Friday for the inaugural steeplechase finals. After her performance Sunday, she is determined to improve even more....more Barringer's Flotrack Blog: Finals...Late Night Update (08/18/08) I walked into that stadium tonight and it was like the whole world showed up to watch our final. I had to smile because I felt like I was being introduced to the planet. There's really no way you can prepare yourself for the significance of the race I was about to begin. ...more Barringer Sets American Record (08/18/08) Jenny Barringer came off the track Sunday night at National Stadium following the 3,000-meter steeplechase looking as fresh as a daisy, and sounding just as sunny....more Women's Steeplechase starts its Olympic history with a World record (08/17/08) Fans of the 3000m Steeplechase couldn’t have asked for a finer Olympic debut. With a dominating gun-to-tape performance, Gulnara Galkina-Samitova captured the event’s first Olympic gold medal with an 8:58.81 World record*, while smashing through the nine-minute barrier in the process....more More News Steeple Chics Login

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