International Capsules: Kenya's Kitwara wins Peachtree Road Race

ATLANTA - Sammy Kitwara of Kenya won the 40th Peachtree Road Race with a time of 27:21 in his debut in the annual 6.2-mile event through the streets of Atlanta.

Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco was second, and Ethiopia's Gashu Ibrahim Jeilan third.

Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz., captured his third straight USA Men's 10-kilometer championship in the race Saturday, holding off Anthony Famiglietti in the final mile. Abdirahman, a three-time Olympian, finished in sixth place overall in the international field with a time of 28:11. Famiglietti wound up eighth, four seconds behind Abdirahman.

The top seed in the women's field, Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya, won her first Peachtree race, while Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Edith Hunkeler swept the wheelchair divisions.

Hunkeler, a five-time Peachtree winner, defended her title with a course-record 23:09.98, surpassing the previous mark of 23:11.

About 55,000 runners took part in the race, which started with temperatures in the lows 70s and very little humidity. Results won't be made official until Monday because of a protest against fourth-place finisher Tadese Tola of Ethiopia. Another of the top-10 finishers said Tola elbowed him as they approached the finish line.

Abdirahman picked up $10,000 for winning the USA 10-kilometer championship. This was fifth stop for the men on the 2009 USA Running Circuit, a USA Track and Field road series that features championships ranging from one mile to the marathon and attracts elite U.S. distance runners.

Famiglietti leads the men's side with 27 points, while Magdalena Boulet currently tops the women's list with 27 points.

There are 10 events each in the series for the men and women.

Lapierre trumps Mokoena and Saladino in long jump

MADRID - Fabrice Lapierre of Australia used a favorable wind to win the long jump at the Madrid Meet on Saturday, in what was expected to be a duel between Olympic champion Irving Saladino and silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena.

Lapierre jumped a wind-aided 28 feet, 1½ inches to beat Mokoena, who finished second with an African record of 27-10¾.

Saladino, who took gold over Mokoena in Beijing last year, was third with a best jump of 27-8 despite an even stronger wind than Lapierre.

"The wind was very tough today, very strange," said Saladino, also the reigning world champ. "I tried to do it and I just couldn't, but I'm still happy with the performance. Wind or no wind, I lost - that's indisputable."

In the women's triple jump, Olympic silver medalist Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia held off countrywoman Anna Pyatykh to win the Grand Prix event at the Moratalaz stadium.

Most of the favorites on the track prevailed, including Hasna Benhassi in the women's 800 meters.

The Olympic bronze medalist from Morocco won with a season-best time of 1 minute, 59.03 seconds to edge British pair Jemma Simpson and Marilyn Okoro.

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi of South Africa took the men's race, with Olympic silver medalist Ahmed Ismael of Sudan finishing third.

Ireland's David Gillick won the men's 400 in 44.77, and Christine Amertil of the Bahamas won the women's race in 51.77.

Jamaica's Steve Mullings easily won the men's 100 in 10.11 ahead of European champion Francis Obikwelu of Portugal. In the women's event, American sprinter Gloria Asumnu won with a time of 11.40.

In the women's 1,500, Natalia Rodriguez held off Spanish teammate Marta Rodriguez while Johan Cronje of South Africa won the men's race in 3:37.33.

Isa Phillips led a Jamaica 1-2 in the men's 400 hurdles with a time of 48.09.

-- Paul Logothetis

Kenyan wins Gold Coast Marathon on debut

GOLD COAST, Australia - First-time marathoner William Chebor of Kenya won the Gold Coast Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, nearly five minutes ahead of second-place finisher Shane Nankervis of Australia.

The women's event was won by Lauren Shelley in 2:42.23, a second ahead of fellow Australian Roxie Schmidt. Japan's Mai Tagami was another five seconds behind in third.

Nankervis finished in 2:16:46 while Matt Smith of New Zealand was third in a time 2:16:51.

Chebor broke away at the halfway mark and was never threatened.

"This is my first marathon event and I am happy with the way I ran," Chebor said. "After I broke away I could see the second runner was far, far away from me and could not close back up."

More than 23,000 people competed in the marathon, half-marathon and other shorter races.

Princeton will face Brown in Temple Cup final

HENLEY, England - Princeton and Brown advanced to the final of the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames.

Princeton beat Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Nereus of Holland by three-quarters of a length on Saturday and Brown beat Melbourne University of Australia by 2¼ lengths to set up Sunday's all-American final, the only one at this year's regatta.

In the semifinal of the Ladies Plate for intermediate eights, a composite from Brown University Alumni and the New York Athletic Club lost by a length to Great Britain's under-23 national crew, racing as Leander and Molesey clubs.

Yale came from behind to beat England's Reading University by one length, qualifying for the final of the Prince Albert Cup for student coxed fours.

In the semifinal of the Queen Mother Cup for international quadruple scullers, the USA national squad, racing as California Rowing Club of Oakland, lost by a half-length to the British national squad, racing as Reading University and Leander Club.

The British will face the Polish Olympic team, racing as Szczecin Gorzow.

Mercyhurst College triumphed in one of the closest races of the day, beating England's Molesey by one-third of a length to qualify for Sunday's final of the Visitors' Cup for intermediate coxless fours against Isis of England.

Former world junior champion Emma Twigg of New Zealand beat Ellen Tomek of the New York Athletic Club by five lengths in one semifinal of the Princess Royal Cup for international single scullers. Gewie Stone from Cambridge Boat Club (Massachusetts) beat Juliette Haigh from New Zealand to gain the final against Twigg.

Brunswick School (Maine) lost by 2½ lengths in its semifinal in the Princess Elizabeth Cup for schoolboy eights against England's Abingdon School.

Yale beat England's Thames by five lengths in the semifinal of the Remenham Cup for international women's eights, and now faces the British national squad on Sunday.