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Callender 10.07 in the 100 m in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:30 RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA, May 20): Brazilian Athletics Tour ended with fifth meeting, the 28th Grande Premio Brasil Caixa (IAAF World Challenge), on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, the olympic place in 2016. In 24 degrees new good quality meet record in the women steeple by Moroccan Salima El Ouali in 9:31.03.
Daegu: Kirani James meet record 44.72 Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:30 DAEGU (KOR): Kirani James opens the summer season with meet record 44.72 at 400 m at Colorful Daegu Meeting on May 16 (IAAF World Challenge), the stadium where he won the gold last year. Ethiopian and world indoor champion Mohamed Aman came in top shape winning in 1:43.51 at 800m. Second was Kosencha 1:44.74, third Danish Bube 1:45.27.  
Ohuruogu vs Sanya Richards-Ross in Ostrava Wednesday, 16 May 2012 14:04 OSTRAVA (CZE): New top name for 51st Ostrava Golden Spike meet (IAAF World Challenge, May 25) will be British 400 m olympic winner Christine Ohuruogu in race against 2009 World Champion Sanya Richards-Ross. In the field also solid European opposition with Czech European Indoor Champion 2011 Denisa Rosolova (50.84), Italian record holder Libania Grenot (50.30), former European sprint champion Muriel Hurtis of France who switched to the 400 m (51.41), another Briton Shana Cox (50.84) and Ukrainian Barcelona 6th placer Antonina Yefremova (50.69).
Culson 48.00 WL in Ponce Sunday, 13 May 2012 17:12 PONCE (PUR, May 12): The 6th Ponce Grand Prix debuted as first ever one day meet from Puerto-Rico as part of IAAF World Challenge. Full Paquito Montaner Stadium with 15 000 spectators celebrated win for home star Javier Culson in world leading 48.00 at the 400 m hurdles. He beat Jehue Gordon 48.89 and Bershawn Jackson 48.96 (lost unbeaten streak of 2012).
Gebrselassie and more names for HENGELO Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:54 HENGELO (NED): The jubilee 30th FBK Games of Hengelo (May 27, IAAF World Challenge) will have as one of the top races the men´s 10 000 m with Haile Gebrselassie billed as Ethiopian Olympic Trials at the distance. Also running Imane Merga, Sileshi Sihine and Gebre Gebremariam.  
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Rio de Janeiro ("River of January"), commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, 6th largest in the Americas and the main tourist destination in the Southern Hemisphere.

The city was the capital of Brazil for nearly two centuries, from 1763 to 1815 during the Portuguese colonial era, 1815 to 1821 as the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, and from 1822 to 1960 as an independent nation. Rio is nicknamed A Cidade Maravilhosa or "The Marvelous City." It is considered a Beta World City.

Rio has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) according to the Köppen climate classification and is often characterized by long periods of rain from December to March.[11] The temperature occasionally reaches over 40 °C (104 °F) in inland areas of the city, and maximum temperatures above 30 °C (86 °F) occur on a monthly basis. In the main tourist areas (south side, where the beaches are located), the temperature is moderated by the cool sea-breezes from the Atlantic Ocean.

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