Daniel Komen misses world record by a whiskerSYDNEY: Kenyan wonder Daniel Komen missed his own two-mile world record by just three-tenths of a second in another superb run at the Sydney Grand Prix Athletics meet here. The 21-year-old Komen, who has already smashed the World Indoor records for the 3,000 and 5,000m this year, registered a time of 7:58.91 secs yesterday.Komen's Kenyan teammates Julius Kiptoo and Martin Keino paced the multi world record-holder for the first half of the two-mile race before dropping out and leaving him to finish alone.The sensational Komen, who missed selection in the Kenyan team for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was urged home by the large crowd before falling just short of his own world mark, although it was only the second time the eight-minute mark had been broken.Stich turns down Austrian offerVIENNA: Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich of Germany has turned down the chance to take over as sporting director of the Austrian Davis Cup team. Stichsaid he was not happy with the way the Austrian Tennis Federation was run and doubted if he could change it.Stich, who retired last year after recurring injury problems, had been keen on taking over as German Davis Cup captain but the job went instead to his longtime rival Boris Becker.
