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Shaheen’s indoor return
From the busy middle and long distance program, one name in particular stands out, that of Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the World record holder in the 3000m Steeplechase. Sunday's outing will mark the first indoor appearance for the 27-year-old Qatari since the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow where he took 3000m silver behind Kenenisa Bekele. Injury has largely relegated the two-time World steeplechase champion to the sidelines since that season, a campaign capped by his stellar 5000m/3000m Steeplechase double at the IAAF World Cup.
His primary opponent looks to be his former compatriot Shadrack Korir of Kenya, the 2007 World 1500m bronze medallist, who has a personal best of 7:35.98 in the 3000m indoors.
The women’s 3000m has the makings of a barnburner as well, with two of history’s four fastest women toeing the line. Meselech Melkamu famously chased Meseret Defar to the line over the distance in Stuttgart three years ago, finishing in 8:23.74, just 0.02 behind her compatriot’s World record. In Karlsruhe she’ll face Russia’s versatile Anna Alminova, the European indoor 1500m champion, who clocked 8:28.49 in Stuttgart last year – also behind Defar.
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