BWC was started by the Better World Fund which together with the United Nations Foundation, is a product of entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes.
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The race had several attacks, the first meaningful one coming in only lap five from Aksana Papko of Belarus in an early bid to match her countryman Aliaksandr Lisouski's victory in the men's race on day one.
In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.
In 2001, he won his only US title at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 21-22, attaining 4,030 on day one and 4,211 on day two for 8241 total points.
On Day 1, in the 5th match, Tommy Jones rolled the 2nd ever perfect game in the tournament's history, against Team Europe captain Tomas Leandersson, and at close of play on day one, the scores were tied at 4 matches apiece.