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Kiplagat, 28, said she has done everything in training and is ready to put it to test along the Chicago city streets, deemed as one of the fastest marathon courses in the world.
However, she warned that a world record will not be on her mind claquette puma fourrure noir , though she is eager to clinch the win and boost her bargain power for inclusion in the Kenya team to the Rio Olympics.
"I have always dreamt of running at the Olympics. I missed the London Olympics because of stiff competition," she said Monday in Eldoret.
"This year, after running in London (she finished fifth), I decided to focus on my speed and was planning to run at the Beijing World Championships. But I lacked the qualifying time and hence, I put my focus on the Chicago Marathon and I hope my choice of race will be vindicated with victory," she said.
Kiplagat's first completed marathon at Berlin in 2011 was a sensational success. After passing halfway in 1:10:11 claquette puma femme fourrure pas cher , she ran a negative split to win in 2:19:44.
The previous April in Boston she ran 1:11:42 at 21.1km and 1:42:59 at 30km, but did not finish. She returned to Berlin in 2013 and won again.
Kiplagat made headlines in February 2014 at Barcelona with a Half-Marathon world record of 1:05:12, which she lowered to 1:05:09 in March. But she was unlucky in April during the London marathon finishing fifth in 2:24:15.
"Now it is time to redeem my image and win another marathon," she said. "I want to win and time will not be important when I start. But it will be a fast race and if the time falls within my strides, I will certainly go for it."
"I missed the chance to run 10,000m at the World Championships because I wanted to focus on this race puma the fur slide pas cher , and now I have to prove that my decision to sit out of Beijing worlds was right," she said.
Kiplagat will have to battle with Mulu Seboka of Ethiopia (2:21:56), Paris marathon silver medallist Amane Gobena (2:23:30), and Japan's Kayoko Fukushi (2:24:21).
Kiplagat, who will jet out on Wednesday for Chicago believes she has rested enough since running in London in April and will take the race by the horns, in a front running style from the start.
"Winning is the only thing that will sway the coaches to consider me for Rio Olympics. I want to wrap it up fast and wait to see how other Kenyans perform in New York and April marathons claquette puma fourrure pas cher ," said Kiplagat.
BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Theatertreffen, a German theater festival, held its first event in China on Tuesday.
The National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA) and Shanghai Daning Theater will host three productions as part of the "Theatertreffen in China" program, which runs until July 9.
Theatertreffen was founded in 1964, and puma fierce core rouge , along with France's Le Festival d'Avignon and Edinburgh's International Festival, it is one of the biggest in the world, held in May in Berlin every year.
"Common Ground," "John Gabriel Borkman," and "Waiting for Godot" were selected by Chinese and German juries to be brought to China. The organizer said that these productions reflected the diversity and modernity of German productions.
Three productions will be in German with Chinese subtitles.
"Common Ground," directed by Yael Ronen puma fierce core noir , discusses the war in former Yugoslavia. It explores the collision of different cultures, symbiosis and conflict, and deals with difficult social issues in a "common ground."
The story shows the characteristics of the era through personal experience, according to Thomas Oberender, director of the Berliner Festspiele Arts Center. It will be performed on June 21 and 22 in Beijing, and June 24 and 25 in Shanghai.
Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman puma fierce core femme ," presented by a group from Schauspielhaus Hamburg, shows individualism and economic crisis in a new light. It will be brought onto Beijing stage on June 25 and 26, and Shanghai on June 29 and 30.
The modern classic "Waiting for Godot," directed by Ivan Panteleev, will close Theatertreffen in China on July 3 and 4 in Shanghai, and July 8 and 9 in Beijing.
"German drama usually focuses on contemporary events and social issues. Some classic plays nowadays will contain a heuristic value puma heart satin femme ," Clemens Treter, director of Goethe-Institute China said. "There are nearly 300 municipal or provincial theaters in Germany, that's why drama has an important role in the cultural lives of the German people," he added.
In addition to performances, Theatertreffen in China will have talks, workshops or seminars.
Thomas Oberender has been engaged in cultural promotion work in Europe since 2000. As he had visited Shanghai previously puma heart patent femme , he felt very positively about actors and enthusiasts. Then, he brought the Berlin festival to China.
"Theatertreffen in China" is part of the second International drama season in NCPA. Jiang Tao, Vice-Director of the program department at NCPA hopes to create a Chinese-Western platform for drama exchange. "Drama could give rise to discussion of social issues," he said. Enditem
WASHINGTON， June 5 (Xinhua) -- In an "unprecedented" clinical trial， U.S. researchers have successfully reversed the long-term debilitating effects in some of the stroke patients by injecting stem cells directly into their brains.
"This wasn't just， 'They couldn't move their thumb， and now they can，'" lead author Gary Steinberg， professor and chair of neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine， said in a statement.
"Patients who were in wheelchairs are walking now，" said Steinberg， who led the 18-patient trial and conducted 12 of the procedures himself.
The small study， published this week in the U.S. journal Stroke， was designed primarily to test the procedure's saf. Cheap Russia Jerseys Cheap Pittsburgh Penguins Jerseys Cheap Tampa Bay Lightning Jerseys Wholesale Islanders Jerseys Wholesale Golden Knights Jerseys Wholesale Philadelphia Flyers Jerseys Wholesale Calgary Flames Jerseys Wholesale New Jersey Devils Jerseys Wholesale Vancouver Canucks Jerseys Wholesale Washington Capitals Jerseys
Kiplagat, 28, said she has done everything in training and is ready to put it to test along the Chicago city streets, deemed as one of the fastest marathon courses in the world.
However, she warned that a world record will not be on her mind claquette puma fourrure noir , though she is eager to clinch the win and boost her bargain power for inclusion in the Kenya team to the Rio Olympics.
"I have always dreamt of running at the Olympics. I missed the London Olympics because of stiff competition," she said Monday in Eldoret.
"This year, after running in London (she finished fifth), I decided to focus on my speed and was planning to run at the Beijing World Championships. But I lacked the qualifying time and hence, I put my focus on the Chicago Marathon and I hope my choice of race will be vindicated with victory," she said.
Kiplagat's first completed marathon at Berlin in 2011 was a sensational success. After passing halfway in 1:10:11 claquette puma femme fourrure pas cher , she ran a negative split to win in 2:19:44.
The previous April in Boston she ran 1:11:42 at 21.1km and 1:42:59 at 30km, but did not finish. She returned to Berlin in 2013 and won again.
Kiplagat made headlines in February 2014 at Barcelona with a Half-Marathon world record of 1:05:12, which she lowered to 1:05:09 in March. But she was unlucky in April during the London marathon finishing fifth in 2:24:15.
"Now it is time to redeem my image and win another marathon," she said. "I want to win and time will not be important when I start. But it will be a fast race and if the time falls within my strides, I will certainly go for it."
"I missed the chance to run 10,000m at the World Championships because I wanted to focus on this race puma the fur slide pas cher , and now I have to prove that my decision to sit out of Beijing worlds was right," she said.
Kiplagat will have to battle with Mulu Seboka of Ethiopia (2:21:56), Paris marathon silver medallist Amane Gobena (2:23:30), and Japan's Kayoko Fukushi (2:24:21).
Kiplagat, who will jet out on Wednesday for Chicago believes she has rested enough since running in London in April and will take the race by the horns, in a front running style from the start.
"Winning is the only thing that will sway the coaches to consider me for Rio Olympics. I want to wrap it up fast and wait to see how other Kenyans perform in New York and April marathons claquette puma fourrure pas cher ," said Kiplagat.
BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Theatertreffen, a German theater festival, held its first event in China on Tuesday.
The National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA) and Shanghai Daning Theater will host three productions as part of the "Theatertreffen in China" program, which runs until July 9.
Theatertreffen was founded in 1964, and puma fierce core rouge , along with France's Le Festival d'Avignon and Edinburgh's International Festival, it is one of the biggest in the world, held in May in Berlin every year.
"Common Ground," "John Gabriel Borkman," and "Waiting for Godot" were selected by Chinese and German juries to be brought to China. The organizer said that these productions reflected the diversity and modernity of German productions.
Three productions will be in German with Chinese subtitles.
"Common Ground," directed by Yael Ronen puma fierce core noir , discusses the war in former Yugoslavia. It explores the collision of different cultures, symbiosis and conflict, and deals with difficult social issues in a "common ground."
The story shows the characteristics of the era through personal experience, according to Thomas Oberender, director of the Berliner Festspiele Arts Center. It will be performed on June 21 and 22 in Beijing, and June 24 and 25 in Shanghai.
Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman puma fierce core femme ," presented by a group from Schauspielhaus Hamburg, shows individualism and economic crisis in a new light. It will be brought onto Beijing stage on June 25 and 26, and Shanghai on June 29 and 30.
The modern classic "Waiting for Godot," directed by Ivan Panteleev, will close Theatertreffen in China on July 3 and 4 in Shanghai, and July 8 and 9 in Beijing.
"German drama usually focuses on contemporary events and social issues. Some classic plays nowadays will contain a heuristic value puma heart satin femme ," Clemens Treter, director of Goethe-Institute China said. "There are nearly 300 municipal or provincial theaters in Germany, that's why drama has an important role in the cultural lives of the German people," he added.
In addition to performances, Theatertreffen in China will have talks, workshops or seminars.
Thomas Oberender has been engaged in cultural promotion work in Europe since 2000. As he had visited Shanghai previously puma heart patent femme , he felt very positively about actors and enthusiasts. Then, he brought the Berlin festival to China.
"Theatertreffen in China" is part of the second International drama season in NCPA. Jiang Tao, Vice-Director of the program department at NCPA hopes to create a Chinese-Western platform for drama exchange. "Drama could give rise to discussion of social issues," he said. Enditem
WASHINGTON， June 5 (Xinhua) -- In an "unprecedented" clinical trial， U.S. researchers have successfully reversed the long-term debilitating effects in some of the stroke patients by injecting stem cells directly into their brains.
"This wasn't just， 'They couldn't move their thumb， and now they can，'" lead author Gary Steinberg， professor and chair of neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine， said in a statement.
"Patients who were in wheelchairs are walking now，" said Steinberg， who led the 18-patient trial and conducted 12 of the procedures himself.
The small study， published this week in the U.S. journal Stroke， was designed primarily to test the procedure's saf. Cheap Russia Jerseys Cheap Pittsburgh Penguins Jerseys Cheap Tampa Bay Lightning Jerseys Wholesale Islanders Jerseys Wholesale Golden Knights Jerseys Wholesale Philadelphia Flyers Jerseys Wholesale Calgary Flames Jerseys Wholesale New Jersey Devils Jerseys Wholesale Vancouver Canucks Jerseys Wholesale Washington Capitals Jerseys