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Sergei Lebid and Micah Kogo enhance Dam to Dam field
Eightfold and reigning European champion Sergei Lebid cross together with the Kenyan Micah Kogo at the last moment added to the topveld for the 25th Dam to Dam. Kogo is the brand new world record in the 10 kilometer on the road. They strengthen the field next Sunday, September 20, where Zersenay Tadese had to cancel. The Eritreans had no exit visa because of his association he may not leave the country. Reason: The upcoming World Half Marathon in Birmingham on October 11. In the weeks before the Championship, the flagship of Eritrea no races run.
Global Sports Communication, responsible for the operators of the 25th Dam to Dam, has two great replacements for Tadese put on the start list. The Ukrainian Lebid belongs to his 34 years of age to one of the toughest top runners on Sunday at the start. Lebid has been almost a decade on the European cross unapproachable. The big blonde known as friendly Ukrainians can dispense like no other.
Kogo contrast is just watching, he's only been four years internationally. The 23-year old talent gradually specialized in the 10,000 meters. On March 29, 2009 was the Kenyan Brunssum in the world at the 10 km on the road. He improved the old record of 27.01 that stood since 2002 in the name of Haile Gebrselassie with a beat! In 2006 Kogo ran his best time in the 10,000 meters at the Ivo Van Damme Memorial in Brussels, 26.35.63. In elementary school athlete from the Rift Valley has a talent, but he was really discovered in 2004, resulting in a spot in the camp that included training Linet Masai. Kogo from 2005 is internationally active in the road, the track and the cross. During the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he won the bronze medal, behind Ethiopians Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine.
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