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SportsPlus Santa Cruz Sentinel Monday, Dec. 5, 198311 Women runners send a message to the IOC By The Associated Press Sadreydinova, who wore bib No. 1 to signify her top ranking, dropped out after seven kilometers and walked to the finish line. Soviet team officials said she was suffering from a leg ailment that worsened during the race. They didn't specify the nature of the Injury.

Lesley Welch, a former University of Virginia runner, was third in 32:41, almost from the beginning. "The first two miles was slow, in fact very slow," said Sly. "No one wanted to set the pace." "After three miles, Betty and I were reasonably clear, and I figured we'd be that way to the end. You use surges to test somebody and I knew I wasn't going to shake her off." "And I knew I couldn't let her go," Springs added. Marie Louise Hamrin of Sweden was sixth in 33:06, followed by Silvia Ruegger of Canada, Monica Joyce of Ireland, Ellen Hart of Boulder, 33:15, and Lisa Martin of Australia, 33:19.

The 2-3-9 finishes of Springs, Welch and Hart gave the team title to the United States. followed by Nancy Rooks of Canada in 32:57 and Dorthe Rasmussen of Denmark in 33:03. Springs, who held a five-yard lead with about 200 yards to go, said she "thought if I just kept going and just looked straight ahead, I would get her. The next thing, I know she was right there." "When you're running for the finish line, you get that sudden surge of energy, and then my energy kind of lapsed after that and Betty got ahead of me," Sly said. "But my husband kept yelling at me and so I gave the last 20 meters all I had." "The wind was very strong, and I'm not entirely fit," Sly added.

"I had bronchitis three weeks ago and I was very short of races." Sly led the elite field mm I SAN DIEGO If the world's best female distance runners line up for a race in the 1988 Olympics at Seoul, they can thank a group of women who staged a thrilling 10 kilometer race around San Diego's tiny Fiesta Island. Sunday's inaugural Women's World 10 Kilometer Road Race Championship was sanctioned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation not only as a title competition but also to lobby the International Olympic Committee to include the event at Seoul. At Los Angeles next year, women will run only a race and the marathon. "I hope that finish helped, it being so close, especially since it half -killed me," said Great Britain's Wendy Sly. She was apparently beaten with 50 yards to go, but rallied to nip American Betty Springs at the tape.

"I think a lot of people are going to look at this and say maybe we should add the 10K to the Olym-pics, "added Springs. Sly, the No. 2-ranked runner in the world, and Springs, the reigning collegiate and national cross-country champion from North Carolina State, each were timed in 32 minutes, 23 seconds. A strong wind and slow early pace combined to push the race time almost a minute above the world record of 31.27, set on a track by Raisa Sadreydinova of the Soviet Union. Purchase PJeiv 1984 Pontine 1000 or Phoenix or A Bukk Shylarh Now.

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