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Athletics News - 18.02. |
ROUND UP OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE – SATURDAY ACTION
ANCONA (ITA): European Champion Andrew Howe will be the man to beat at European Indoors in Birmingham. He showed his great shape at national champs with the following series: 783-808-800-815-795-815. Antoinetta Di Martino, the fresh 2 metres jumper, confirmed good shape with 195 clearance. Fast walking as usual in Italy. Olympic champion Ivano Brugnetti achieved at 5000 m distance new national record, second best mark ever and also a world lead 18:08.86. Faster is only Russian Mikhail Shchennikov who did 18:07.08 on Feb 14 back in 1995 in Moskva. Top results – 400 m: 1. Barberi 46.78, 2. Licciardello 47.11, 1500 m: 1. Bobbato 3:47.38, 60mH: 1. Pizzoli 7.88, in heats Berdini 7.84, LJ: 1. Howe 815, 2. Donato 802, 5000 m walk: 1. Brugnetti 18:08.86 NR, 2. Gandellini 19:22.62, wom – 400 m: 1. Reina 53.11, 60mH: 1. Cattaneo 8.27, HJ: 1. Di Martino 195, SP: 1. Legnante 18.65, 2. Rosa 18.28, 3000 m walk: 1. Rigaudo 12:14.72, 2. Giordano 12:44.00
LEIPZIG (GER): Great crowd of 3100 spectators witnessed a superb pole vault battle and at the end Bjorn Otto was the winner with 590 a new world leading mark of the season. Sensational also the new best of unheralded sprinter Christian Blum (will be in March 20) who won the 60 m in 6.59. In the women sprint Sina Schielke is no longer only a promotional face but also a very fast runner getting the title in 7.23. European Champion Jan Fitschen offered a nice 3000 m win. Top results – 60 m: 1. Blum 6.57, 2. Ostwald 6.62, 3. M. Blume 6.72, 4. Reus (88) 6.73, 3000 m: 1. Fitschen 7:57.30, 3000 m walk: 1. Hohne 19:28.83, 400m in heats Swillims 46.48, HJ: 1. Onnen 222, PV: 1. Otto 590 (550/1, 570/1, 580/1, 590/3, 601/x), 2. Ecker 580, 3. Lobinger 575, 4. Schulze 575, 5. Borgeling 570, LJ: 1. Winter 791, 2. Bayer 788, 3. Konig 785, SP: 1. P. Sack 19.70, wom – 60 m: 1. Schielke 7.23, 2. Sailer 7.27, 3000 m: 1. Mockenhaupt 9:25.28, 3000 m walk: 1. Seeger 12:03.94, 2. Zimmer 12:12.23, TJ: 1. Demut 13.76
SPALA (POL): Sprinter Lukasz Chyla won the 60 m at 51st national indoor champs in 6.64 and will be a finals contender for Birmingham. Shot putter Tomasz Majewski was surprisingly beaten by Jakub Giza who did new best 19.82. Top results – 60 m: 1. Chyla 6.64, 2. Jedrusinski 6.69, 1500 m: 1. Snochowski 3:43.76, PV: 1. Kolasa 550, 2. Czerwinski 540, LJ: 1. Starzak 782, TJ: 1. Kruhlik 16.75, SP: 1. Giza 19.82, 2. Majewski 19.69, wom – 60 m: 1. Onysko 7.32 (in heats 7.31), 2. Dydo 7.36, 800 m: 1. Setowska 2:04.39, 3000 m: 1. Chojecka 9:06.07, 60mH: 1. Trywianska 8.17, LJ: 1. Tyminska 645
GENT (Netherlands Championships in BEL): World championships 2005 silver medallist in Shot Put Rutger Smith won the title with solid 19.96 and should be counted into Birmingham favourites. European Champion Bram Som was unexpectedly beaten by Arnaud Okken at 800 m. Fast heat times by hurdlers were not repeated in finals won by Gregory Sedoc. Pole vault world champion Rens Blom got his title with 560 clearance. All events happened on Saturday. Top results – 60 m: 1. Van Luijk 6.77, 400 m: 1. El Rhalfioui 47.51, 800 m: 1. Okken 1:47.80, 2. Som 1:47.90, 60mH: 1. Sedoc 7.65 (h 7.64), 2. Van der Westen 7.70 (h: 7.64), HJ: 1. Larsen 215, PV: 1. Blom 560, SP: 1. Smith 19.96, wom – 60mH: 1. Augustus,NGR 8.27, LJ: 1. Ruckstuhl 626, PV: 1. Galiart 420, SP: 1. Boekelmann 17.02
AUBIERE (FRA): Ronald Pognon confirmed his number one position in France with getting the 60 title with solid 6.62. Also Boubdallah Tahri was a clear winner at 3000 m distance. Former champion Muriel Hurtis did not run the finals after she reported illness. Sylviane Felix was the winner in 7.38. Top results – 60 m: 1. Pognon 6.62, 2. Ngom,CMR 6.69 (sf: 6.67 NR), 3000 m: 1. Tahri 7:54.64, HJ: 1. Raifak 221, TJ: 1. Tailepierre 16.64, Hep: 1. Bourguignon 5762, wom – 60 m: 1. S. Felix 7.38, 2. Louami 7.38 (sf: 7.34), 1500 m: 1. Merah-Benida,ALG 4:21.84, 3000 m: 1. Olivares 9:18.59, PV: 1. Boslak 470, TJ: 1. Nzola 13.89, 3000 m walk: 1. Korzeniowska,POL 12:27.36
BELFAST (IRL): Spanish European Champion Francisco Fernandez won 5000 m walk in new national record 18:24.13. Main action happens on Sunday.
RIGA (LAT): On final day Maris Urtans won shot put with 19.36 m and Jolanta Dukure walked the 3000 m in 12:58.6.
ROVANIEMI (FIN): Ilona Ranta won the 60 m and registered European Indoors Standard 7.34. Others – 60 m: 1. Okkonen 6.75, HJ: 1. Frosen 220
SEVILLA (ESP): New national pole vault record by Naora Agirre 456 cm was the highlight of first day. Also High jumper Ruth Beitia confirmed growing shape before Birmingham by clearing 198 and attempting 201. Top results – 60 m: 1. Rodriguez 6.70, 3000 m: 1. Espaňa 7:52.10, 2. Redolat 7:55.23, SP: 1. Martinez 19.21, wom – 60mH: 1. Alozie 8.24, HJ: 1. Beitia 198, 2. Mendia 190, PV: 1. Agirre 456 NR (406/1, 421/1, 431/1, 441/1, 456/2, 462/xx), TJ: 1. Castrejana 13.95
SEMPETER (SLO): Super vet Merlene Ottey did not contested the finals due to slight injury, but was the fastest in heats running 7.39. She still will made her decision whether she will compete in Birmingham. Top results – 60mH: 1. Zlatnar 7.81, HJ: 1. Prezelj 220, wom – 60 m: 1. Kovacic 7.49, 60mH: 1. Vukmirovic 8.39, LJ: 1. Sestak 638, PV: 1. Sutej 410
MALMO (Danish Championships in Sweden): Top result by 800 m runner Rikke Ronholt with 2:04:41
LINZ (AUT): Sprinter Bettina Muller achieved the best result by winning the 60 m in 7.30. Top results – 60 m: 1. Kwitt 6.83, 200 m: 1. Zeller 21.26, 800 m: 1. Rapatz 1:49.19, 3000 m: 1. Weidlinger 8:25.52, wom – 60 m: 1. Muller 7.30
ST. GALLEN (SUI): In new hall before 1500 spectators Fabienne Weyermann achieved the standard for Birmingham in semifinal of 60 m with 7.39. Top results – 60 m: 1. Baumann 6.75, LJ: 1. Fivaz 764, wom – 60 m: 1. Weyermann 7.46
BUDAPEST (HUN): Middle distance runner Barnabas Bene confirmed his class winning the national title in very solid 3:43:35 at 1500 m. Top results – 60 m: 1. G. Nemeth 6.71, 400 m: 1. D. Takacs 47.98, 1500 m: 1. Bene 3:43.35, SP: 1. Biber 18.98, 2. Machura,CZE 18.79, wom – HJ: 1. Gyorffy 189, SP: 1. Marton (89) 15.19 NJR
US ACTION
COLUMBUS: Ohio State runner Anthony Cole won the 60 m at Buckeye Invitational with good time of 6.69.
COLUMBIA: At USC Gamecock Invitiational a nice battle for women´s 55 m win happened. Kya Brookins was able to beat 200 m world leader Shalonda Solomon in finals 6.76 and 6.80. Both run better in semis with 6.73 and 6.78. The quickest time is second best in the current season. Amber Campbell managed another 24mplus win in Weight Throw with 24.16 m.
FLAGSTAFF: Former Shot Put champion John Godina tested his shape at Southwest Classic, his winning mark was 19.63 cm. Very fast 400 m by Greg Nixon 46.14, but aided by 2000 m altitude and 300 m long track.
ANN ARBOR: Pierre Vinson wins the 60 m at Harold Silverston Invitational with solid 6.68 and Jeff Porter runs the 60mH in 7.78. Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester achieved 188 before travelling to Europe for next series of meets (Stockholm, Paris) and only very closely missed 193 cm. “ I jumped 1.88m easy and just missed the next height, 1.93m they were all good jumps, that should have been cleared, but I kept just catching it with my legs. But, I still thought it was good jumping because I was feeling just awful this week, “ said Forrester who bettered this season her best already to 195 cm.
OUTDOOR ACTION
OUDTSHOORN (RSA): Last years African champion Hardus Pienaar won the javelin with very good mark of 82.96 m. Current World junior champion Robert Oosthuizen was second with solid 78.35 m. In hot temperatures at 4th Yellow Pages Ultimate series sprints were blocked by strong head-wind. Sherwin Vries won the 100 m in 10.66 and the man who made the headlines in recent days with his sub 10 mark Lee Roy Newton was fourth in 10.77. Top results – 100 m (-2.0): 1. Vries 10.66,…4. Newton 10.77, 1500 m: 1. Cronje 3:48.91, 3000mSC: 1. Mkhabela 8:40.67, HJ: 1. Carelse 220, HT: 1. Harmse 71.75, JT: 1. Pienaar 82.96, 2. Oosthuizen 78.35
TOKIO (JPN): Kenyan runner Daniel Njenga won the Sunday Tokyo Marathon in 2:09:45 as he went alone in front at 25th km mark. He won here also back in 2004. Other Kenyan favourite Sammy Korir had to stop at 16th km. Top results: 1. Njenga,KEN 2:09:45, 2. Sato 2:11:22, 3. Irifune 2:12:44, 4. Hayashi 2:15:28,…6. de Lima,BRA 2:16:08
NEWS
SYDNEY: Australian media are reporting that British star Becky Lyne was not running on Saturday meet in Sydney because she suffered a minor calf strain on her final training run around Sydney Harbour on Friday morning.
MOSKVA: President of Russian Athletics Federation Valentin Balakhnichev confirmed to russian media that the most powerful european nation in athletics will send 32 men and 34 women to European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. It is mostly a squad composed by new names. Champions like Isinbayeva, Lebedeva, Silnov, Rybakov are all missing but that was reported already before the indoor season started. Still world leaders like High Jumper Ivan Ukhov (239), heptathlete Aleksandr Pogorelov (6095), Yevgeniya Polyakova (60 m) and Irina Khudorozhkina (Shot Put) are the gold medal favourites. From 8 individual Russian European Champions in 2005 in Madrid only two are going to defend their titles – Igor Pavlov in PV and Anna Chicherova in HJ.
Here they are
Men:
60 m: Yegorychev, Gostev
400 m: Frolov, Sergeyenkov, plus for relay Buzolin, Dyshdin, Forshev, Galkin
800 m: Koldin, Nesterov
1500 m: Shabunin, Popov
3000 m: S. Ivanov, Efimov
60mH: Petrov, Borisov
HJ: Tereshin, Ukhov, Dmitrik
PV: Gerasimov, Starodubtsev, Pavlov
LJ: Sapinskiy, Shkurlatov, Sinyavskiy
TJ: Petrenko, Plotnir, Sergeyev
SP: Tsirikhov, Lyuboslavskiy
Hep: Pogorelov, Drozdov
wom
60 m: Polyakova, Gushchina, Kislova
400 m: Veshkurova, Antyukh, N. Ivanova, for relay Zykina, Novikova, Kashcheyeva
800 m: Dryakhlova, Shapayeva
1500 m: Chumakova, Panteleyeva, Kanales
3000 m: Rakhimkulova, Vinokurova
60mH: Pavliy, Antonova, Shevchenko
HJ: Kivimiagi, Chicherova
PV: Golubchikova, Feofanova, Kiryashova
LJ: Nazarova, Lebusova, Sokolova
TJ: Bufalova, Udmurtova
SP: Khudorozhkina, Omarova, Ryabinkina
Pent: Levenkova, Bogdanova
CLERMONT FERRAND (FRA): Pole vaulter Romain Mesnil is the first president of „Syndicat des athlètes français“ which will in future represent the interests of active athletes in french athletics, mainly in new established Ligue Nationale d´Athletisme. Steeplechaser Vincent Le Dauphin is vice-president, 400 m runner Brice Panel the treasurer and decathloner Romain Barras secretary general.
RESULTS CORNER
PRAHA, Feb 17 (first day of CZE junior and youth championships): Juniors – 60 m: 1. Katerina Cechova (88) 7.55 (h: 7.51), HJ and LJ: 1. Eliska Klucinova (88) 178 and 609, boys – 60mH: 1. Jiri Smola (88) 7.86, 2. Martin Pokorny (88) 7.92, LJ: 1. Jan Kudlicka (88) 722
Youth – 60 m: 1. Klara Kolomaznikova (90) 7.68, 60mH: 1. Nikol Ogrodnikova (90) 8.55, HJ: 1. Romana Krobova (91) 175, boys – 60 m: 1. Vaclav Zich (90) 7.01 (h: 6.98)
STATS CORNER
MOSKVA: Sergey Tikhonov reports that with her Saturday´s win in Birmingham Yelena Isinbayeva was finally able to equal her life head-to-head record with Svetlana Feofanova. They first time met back in 1999 and the current score is now 29:29.
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