The women's 1500m final here at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships will be written in the record books for quite a few years, as the race established a national record for Bulgaria (Daniela Yordanova, 4:04.19), Area records for Asia (Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahrain, 3:59.79) and Africa (Gelete Burka, Ethiopia, 3:59.75), and a World record** (pending ratification) from gold medal winner Yelena Soboleva of Russia, who ran 3:57.71.
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Valencia 2008 - HIGHLIGHTS Day 3

The women's 1500m final here at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships will be written in the record books for quite a few years, as the race established a national record for Bulgaria (Daniela Yordanova, 4:04.19), Area records for Asia (Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahrain, 3:59.79) and Africa (Gelete Burka, Ethiopia, 3:59.75), and a World record** (pending ratification) from gold medal winner Yelena Soboleva of Russia, who ran 3:57.71.... Read more

pain - For Yelena Soboleva, tonight's 1500m World record came only as a bonus. </P>
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With elusive title in hand, Soboleva breaks the 'deadlock'

pain - For Yelena Soboleva, tonight's 1500m World record came only as a bonus. </P>... Read more

- An hour after winning the world championship 800m gold medal Tamsyn Lewis was still walking around with a look of disbelief on her face.</P>
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Believe it Tamsyn!

- An hour after winning the world championship 800m gold medal Tamsyn Lewis was still walking around with a look of disbelief on her face.</P>... Read more

- At 18 years and 262 days Abubaker Kaki Khamis became the youngest ever World Indoor champion when winning a superb 800m final this evening in Valencia.</P>
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Gun-to-tape, Kaki dominates

- At 18 years and 262 days Abubaker Kaki Khamis became the youngest ever World Indoor champion when winning a superb 800m final this evening in Valencia.</P>... Read more

ain - This was always likely to be the race of the championships and it did not disappoint as Yelena Soboleva bettered her own World indoor record mark** by a monster 0.34 posting 3:57.71.<BR>
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World indoor 1500m record for Soboleva!

ain - This was always likely to be the race of the championships and it did not disappoint as Yelena Soboleva bettered her own World indoor record mark** by a monster 0.34 posting 3:57.71.<BR>... Read more