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Nick Symmonds sets personal best in 800 meters in Monaco track meet
29 July 2009
by The Associated Press

MONACO -- Nick Symmonds of the Oregon Track Club Elite set a personal best and finished third in the 800 meters Tuesday at the Herculis Super Grand Prix track meet.

Symmonds had a time of 1 minute, 43.83 seconds. Abubaker Kaki of Sudan won in 1:43.50 and was followed by Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia in 1:43.58.

Symmonds' previous best of 1:44.10 was set in the 2008 Olympic trials. Tuesday's race was his last scheduled competition before the world championships in Berlin, which begin Aug. 15.

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