e
It no n e.
Blae Af· pt 1 the
go d medals in the 800 meter ,
1,500 meter, 5,000 meter,
10,000 meters d mara on
1 t year' orld Trae nd
Field Championship, hich
re, ironically, eld t Rome,
the site of B· . 's run to glory.
And they too eight of the top 10
pi ce in the World Cross
Country Champion hips in
Auckl d, e Zealand, earlier
this year.
At Rome 1 st year, Said
Aouit of orocco won the
5,000 meter , his 38th traight
victory over the I t few years at
di 1 rices from 800 meters to
10,000 meters. Abdi Bile of
'Somalia on the 1,500; Keny 's
Paul Kip oech the 10,000
meter and Billy Konc eUah of
Kenya � meter. .
e Africans t to ay in
&0 t until they ave DO more
energy," said Italy's 'Orlando
ny Pizzol to, ho OD the ew
Yor City ar thon in 1984 and
1985 but fiai ed eventh at
e Rom.