<p>British 5,000 metres world champion Mo Farah recovered from an opening lap fall to set a personal best while finishing fourth in the featured mile won by Ireland’s Ciaran O’Lionaird at the Boston indoor grand prix on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The meeting also produced season’s bests in the 400 metres, where world champion Kirani James of Grenada stormed to victory, and in the women's pole vault and men's 3,000 metres. <br /><br />Farah, a contender for gold in the London Olympics later this year, fell while in a crowded pack, but bounced back to run a personal best three minutes, 57.92 seconds. <br /><br />“Somebody just caught my leg," he told reporters. "Once I fell, I had to get back in as quickly as possible. It wasn't easy." <br /><br />O'Lionaird, a Farah training partner, claimed the win in 3:56.01, followed by Canadian Taylor Milne in 3:56.40. <br /><br />American Galen Rupp, who led much of the race, took third in 3:57.10 with Farah fourth. <br />James, who hopes to duplicate his 2011 world title at the Olympics, clocked 45.96 seconds to beat American Josh Scott in his first race of the season. <br /><br />“The race was exceptional,” James said. “I just competed to see where I’m at. I’m happy with my conditioning and I’m happy with my opening time.” <br /><br />Olympic silver medallist Jenn Suhr soared a US record 4.88 metres in the women's pole vault, then made one attempt at a world indoors record 5.01 metres before retiring. <br />Only Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, whose record is 5.00 metres, has ever jumped higher than Suhr, doing so seven times. <br /><br />Kenya’s Caleb Ndiku outkicked Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel to win the men’s 3,000-metre race in 7:38.29. Talented Ethiopians Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's distance events. <br /><br />World record holder Defar dominated the 3,000, winning in 8:33.57, with Dibaba, the Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medallist, taking the two mile race in 9:21.60. <br />The women's 800 metres went to a photo finish with American Maggie Vessey bursting through in the final stride to shock compatriot Erica Moore by four-thousandths of a second. <br /><br />Vessey clocked 2:02.361 and Moore 2:02.365.</p>
<p>British 5,000 metres world champion Mo Farah recovered from an opening lap fall to set a personal best while finishing fourth in the featured mile won by Ireland’s Ciaran O’Lionaird at the Boston indoor grand prix on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The meeting also produced season’s bests in the 400 metres, where world champion Kirani James of Grenada stormed to victory, and in the women's pole vault and men's 3,000 metres. <br /><br />Farah, a contender for gold in the London Olympics later this year, fell while in a crowded pack, but bounced back to run a personal best three minutes, 57.92 seconds. <br /><br />“Somebody just caught my leg," he told reporters. "Once I fell, I had to get back in as quickly as possible. It wasn't easy." <br /><br />O'Lionaird, a Farah training partner, claimed the win in 3:56.01, followed by Canadian Taylor Milne in 3:56.40. <br /><br />American Galen Rupp, who led much of the race, took third in 3:57.10 with Farah fourth. <br />James, who hopes to duplicate his 2011 world title at the Olympics, clocked 45.96 seconds to beat American Josh Scott in his first race of the season. <br /><br />“The race was exceptional,” James said. “I just competed to see where I’m at. I’m happy with my conditioning and I’m happy with my opening time.” <br /><br />Olympic silver medallist Jenn Suhr soared a US record 4.88 metres in the women's pole vault, then made one attempt at a world indoors record 5.01 metres before retiring. <br />Only Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, whose record is 5.00 metres, has ever jumped higher than Suhr, doing so seven times. <br /><br />Kenya’s Caleb Ndiku outkicked Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel to win the men’s 3,000-metre race in 7:38.29. Talented Ethiopians Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's distance events. <br /><br />World record holder Defar dominated the 3,000, winning in 8:33.57, with Dibaba, the Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medallist, taking the two mile race in 9:21.60. <br />The women's 800 metres went to a photo finish with American Maggie Vessey bursting through in the final stride to shock compatriot Erica Moore by four-thousandths of a second. <br /><br />Vessey clocked 2:02.361 and Moore 2:02.365.</p>
