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The start line of Sundays 43rd Berlin Marathon will be charged with seven men that have clocked personal bests under 2 hours and 6 minutes.That theyll be on a course where the marathon world record has been reset six times since 2003 adds to the anticipation of who will break the tape first at one of the worlds most prestigious races.Wilson Kipsang, who set a world record of 2:03.23 when he won the Berlin Marathon in 2013, is among the contenders, which also includes Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai, the fastest man on the start list.Prior to arriving in Berlin, Germany on Thursday from his native hometown of Iten, Kenya, Kipsang declared his intent to not just to win, but also break the world record of 2:02:57 set by Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in 2014.If I can improve my personal best by 30 seconds, thats a world record, said Kipsang, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and winner of the 2014 London and New York City Marathons.Ahead of the 16th marathon of his career, the 34-year-old talked about race strategy, rivals and the possibility of that new record.Question from Sarah Gearhart: There are seven men in the field, yourself included, that have run sub 2 hours and 6 minutes. At what point in the race does it become another race?Answer from Kipsang: It starts from 30 kilometers, when the pacemakers are out. If youre running a world record, its good to run with a group because if youre running alone sometimes its so tiresome. But when the pace makers are out, you still have three or four guys that can push you.Q: Do you have a separate strategy for the last 10K?A: When the pace makers are out, you find that somebody tries to speed up. I always make sure that I keep close contact to anyone who tries to speed up. But if the pace is OK, I just try to hold it.Q: Have you modified your training based on this course, given that the Berlin Marathon is known for being flat and fast?A: Ive been training so much in flat areas and trying to run fast. Because you find that this race is more flat, you have to be in a position to know how to run on a flat course. This course has less corners, its more flat, and thats how I had to prepare myself.Q: Which part of the Berlin course is more challenging for you?A: Its more challenging between 25 [kilometers] to 30 because its not so flat. Its a slight uphill.Q: In your preparation for the Berlin Marathon, how important is to be aware of the way your rivals are training?A: I dont really focus so much on other guys. Its good to trust in your preparation and in your training. Thats why when we meet in competition you find that the one who really prepared himself so much is going to win. But I always trust my preparation. I think Im good to go.Q: Who are you most looking forward to running against?A: Emmanuel Mutai, [Evans] Chebet, and all those other guys are very strong. I dont want to really focus on one guy. I just want to focus on the whole group, and when the pace makers are out, I try to see the guys who are ready, who are still in the group and want to make sure to keep the pace. I know when we run, very few guys can keep that pace. Very few. Swell Bottle Sale Canada . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No. Swell Canada Sale . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. http://www.swellbottlesaleclearance.com/swell-water-bottle-ombre.html . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. Swell Water Bottle Clearance .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. Swell Water Bottle Canada . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. RIO DE JANEIRO -- They came at him with two lines of coverage, just in case he had any notions of trying to elude them. But Adam Krikorian knew this group wasnt ever going to let him go. And so they wrapped him up in a gang tackle and swept him into the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, and afterward they draped their gold medals around his neck, his grief, for one moment anyway, blending with tears of joy.His U.S. womens water polo team had defeated Italy 12-5 on Friday in still another show of domination for a team that won its second Olympic gold medal in a row. The Americans, also the reigning world champions, outscored their Rio opponents 73-32, extending their winning streak to 22 straight games and their 2016 record to 42-2.That they operated so efficiently over a two-week period during which their coach learned of the sudden death of his brother, flew home to California for the funeral, and then returned to Rio three days later to guide them, spoke both of Krikorian and a tightly bonded team that flourished in large part because of its selflessness.The thing I kept coming back to is that it would be very selfish of me to let what happened to me personally and to my family and to let the grieving and mourning affect this group and what we set out to do the last four years, Krikorian said. These girls have worked so hard for four years. Some have worked their entire lives for this moment. Who am I to ruin that for them?To a player, however, Krikorians squad showered its admiration and appreciation on the coach, who held a team meeting Aug. 3 after hearing that his older brother Blake, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, died of an apparent heart attack after paddleboarding.For him to pull his team together after hearing that news hours before and be able to sit down and talk to us in that situation is so telling of his character, said team captain Maggie Steffens. He was telling us to enjoy the moment, enjoy opening ceremonies. Dont worry about me, you be you. This is your dream. Live it. And here is this coach who had just been through something so traumatic.We wanted to be strong for him, but he was strong for us. Thats why hes the best coach in the world in my eyes.Why his team is the best in the world is based largely on what won the Americans the gold medal Friday. Their first five goals came from five different players and eight players scored in all, with Kiley Neushul (three), Rachel Fattal (two) and Makenzie Fischer (two) getting multiple goals.Goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson, the first African-American woman to play water polo in the Olympics for the U.S., was also spectacular, saving a penalty shot in the third quarter that would have trimmed the U.S. lead to 7-4 and making nine saves in all.Shes a competitor at its finest, Steffens said. It doesnt matter what the score is, she wants to get that block for our team. I remember one meeting talking about what pumps us up, and AAshleigh said when she makes a stop, immediately she can see the fire in our eyes because she was able to inspire her teammates.ddddddddddddThat was something I got from her. I want to get a goal or a stop for her because she has our backs.The low-key Johnson, 21, who attends Princeton, said she had not played the way she would have liked early in the tournament.Im really happy I was able to make some stops in key moments for us, she said. Thats what our team is about, being able to step up in the big moments and play your role.It is a team of women who consider each other family and talk about building unity by sharing their most vulnerable side. Once, Krikorian had them write letters to coaches who inspired them growing up to be who they are today.When they read the letters aloud, Krikorian said he cried at every single one of them.We talked about not hiding anything and being very open and honest with one another and even emotional and vulnerable at times, he said. And to do that, to do something that extremely emotional and to do it in front of your teammates, creates this compassion for one another that helps us become tighter as a unit and helps us know each other a little better.In the end, they said, in trying to describe the emotion flowing through them as they gathered at midpool in a mixture of chlorine and sweat and tears, it was that closeness they will never forget.We started this together and we wanted to end it together, Steffens said. To just all be in that circle and share that circle with one another, it was fun for me to just look around and look everybody in the eyes and say, We dreamed of this and we did it.Thursday would have been Blake Krikorians 49th birthday, and Adams wife, Anicia, flew to Rio to surprise her husband. On Friday, not long after his players put their gold medals around his neck, Krikorians thoughts once again turned to his brother.I just keep coming back to how my brother, who was the coolest dude in the world, would want me to be, he said. And anytime I was losing focus or getting too emotional, I would think about him and what he would tell me: Man, you are wasting this moment. Go have a blast. Kick some butt. Go compete. Never give up.When I started thinking about that, it gave me some peace to know I can continue on to do what I do.Giving Krikorian the medals is something of a team tradition begun in London, a symbolic gesture because coaches do not receive medals. But on this day, it was to honor the man who has been through so much.But I dont need a medal to know the love and respect we have for each other, the relationships that have been born, Krikorian said. Theres no medal thats going to prove that to me. Whats most important is whats inside my heart and whats inside my mind, and that can never be replaced. ' ' '