World Rankings Update - Middle Distance

MEN
800 meters
1. Ismail Ahmed Ismail, SUD, 80
2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS, 61
3. Wilfred Bungei, KEN, 56
4. Abubaker Kaki, SUD, 55
5. Haron Keitany, KEN, 54
6. Mehdi Baala, FRA, 47
7. Boaz Kiplagat Lalang, KEN, 40
8. Belal Mansoor Ali, BRN, 34
9. Abraham Chepkirwok, UGA, 27
10. Richard Kiplagat, KEN, 19
Leader Ismail won three out of his four indoor races, beating European champ Borzakovskiy twice.

1500 meters / Mile
1. Haron Keitany, KEN, 107
2. Bernard Lagat, USA, 96
3. Mehdi Baala, FRA, 83
4. Augustine Choge, KEN, 76
5. Belal Mansoor Ali, BRN, 63
6. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, KEN, 61
7. Bouabdellah Tahri, FRA, 55
7. Mo Farah, GBR, 55
9. Mekonnen Gebremedhin, ETH, 54
10. Deresse Mekonnen, ETH, 49
Keitany won all three of his indoor 1500 races.

WOMEN
800 meters
1. Mariya Savinova, RUS, 98
2. Oksana Zbrozhek, RUS, 90
3. Elisa Cusma Piccione, ITA, 56
4. Anna Alminova, RUS, 54
5. Tetiana Petlyuk, UKR, 42
6. Jennifer Meadows, GBR, 37
7. Marilyn Okoro, GBR, 32
8. Irina Maracheva, RUS, 30
9. Sylwia Ejdys, POL, 17
10. Madeleine Pape, AUS, 11
Savinova lost an early 1000m race in Moscow to 1500 leader Alminova, but won both the Russian and European indoor titles. This may be the USA's worst event on the women's side of things.

1500 meters / Mile
1. Anna Alminova, RUS, 139
2. Oksana Zbrozhek, RUS, 57
3. Jenny Barringer, USA, 42
4. Nuria Fernández, ESP, 39
5. Kara Goucher, USA, 38
6. Maryam Yusuf Jamal, BRN, 29
7. Sylwia Ejdys, POL, 24
8. Sally Kipyego, KEN, 21
9. Yevgeniya Zolotova, RUS, 19
10. Sarah Jamieson, AUS, 17
Alminova not only won all three of her indoor 1500 races, but ran well at 1000 and 3000 meters as well. Barringer and Goucher might be done running this distance for the rest of the year.