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Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born 8 February 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres. His younger brother, Lawi Lalang, ran for the University of Arizona.




Career


At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m.
At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in the 800 m. He ran a mile personal best of 3:56.14 at the Drake Relays, defeating training partner and race favourite Bernard Lagat in the process and went on to lower his time to 3:52.18 in Oslo, Norway.
On 29 August 2010 he ran a personal best of 1:42.95 at the Rieti meeting in second place behind the new world record set by David Rudisha.
He studies Business Administration at Rend Lake College in Illinois. He has been mentored by Kenyan-born American runner Bernard Lagat




Competition record






Personal Bests


800 metres - 1:42.95 - Rieti, ITA, 29/08/2010
1000 Metres - 2:14.83 - Eugene, OR, 03/07/2010
1500 Metres - 3:35.80 - Rome, ITA, 10/06/2010
Mile - 3:52.18 - Oslo, NOR, 04/06/2010




References






External links


Boaz Kiplagat Lalang at World Athletics

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
• Lalang
• Kiplagat
• Robert Ouko (athlete)
• Lawi Lalang
• 800 metres
• Herb Elliott
• Tommy Hampson
• Abraham Kiplagat
• Peter Snell