Jun 11 - 1500m, Nancy Langat versus Burka in Adidas Grand Prix

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Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Strong women's 1500m fields set for New York plus Lagat vs Merga at 5000m - Samsung Diamond League

Picture 1 - Another impressive race for Nancy Langat, this time in New York 

Coming up: Langat and Burka challenge in 1500m women event.

 

At the Adidas Grand Prix on 11 June, the sixth stop on the Samsung Diamond League series, one of the interesting race to watch is the women’s 1500m which will be fielded with three of top runners from last season who are set to dominate the field. Kenyan Nancy Langat, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist and inaugural Diamond Race winner in the event, is coming back to defend her Adidas Grand Prix title. 

Picture 2 - Ethiopian Gelete Burka is also a favourite to win the 1500m race

In the 1500m race, however, Russian Anna Alminova ran the fastest time in the world last year clocking 3min57.65sec. On the other hand, Ethiopians Gelete Burka and  Kalkidan Gezahegne were the World indoor champions in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

The field is going to be competitive with the inclusion of Jamaican Kenia Sinclair, currently the fastest 800m runner in the world so far in 2011. In addition, we have Anna Pierce, the four-time U.S. champion and Jenny Simpson, the 2010 USA Indoor Champion at 1500m and 3000m in the race.

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Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.