Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born 8 February 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the

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. His younger brother,

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, ran for the

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Career

At the

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, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m. At the

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, 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 Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974) is a Kenyan-American middle and long-distance runner. Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya. Prior to his change of domicile to the US, Lagat had an extensive competitive career representing his ...

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

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in second place behind the new world record set by

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

. He studies

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. He has been mentored by Kenyan-born American runner

''The Standard'', 11 October 2010
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Competition record

Personal Bests

- 1:42.95 - Rieti, ITA, 29/08/2010 *

1000 Metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

- 2:14.83 - Eugene, OR, 03/07/2010 *

1500 Metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 3:35.80 - Rome, ITA, 10/06/2010 *

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- 3:52.18 - Oslo, NOR, 04/06/2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lalang, Boaz 1989 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Junior college men's track and field athletes in the United States Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Olympic athletes of Kenya Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games