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Athletics News - 23.02. |
Nagel with double, Bungei beaten by Kombich
CHEMNITZ: South African Morne Nagel scored a nice double at Erdgas Indoor Meet in Chemnitz, Germany. He was the best at 60 m with 6.60 and 200 m clocking 20.76. At the shorter distance Jamaican Clement Campbell was also strong with the same time 6.60. German champion Christian Blum was fourth in 6.66, he was beaten by Polish champion Lukasz Chyla. Planned fast 800 m for men was at the end a surprise win for Ismael Kombich and only second place for world leader and current world indoor champion Wilfred Bungei, but they did not achieved sub 1:46 as they wanted. European Champion Jan Fitschen closed his indoor campaign with second place at 3000 m, was beaten by Kenyan Mark Bett who achieved new meet record. The same goes for Thomas Blaschek at 60m Hurdles who is not going to Birmingham. He had an easy win with 7.60. Second placed Damjan Zlatnar missed his Slovenian National Record just by 0.01. Poland´s Marcin Starzak won the long jump and as only one jumped over 8 metres (in last attempt 801) and behind him two legends of this event James Beckford and Ivan Pedroso. Poland athletes scored two more wins (400 m, shot) on the men side and two on women side (800 m, long jump). Nigerian 400 m runner Christy Ekpuphon registered a new indoor best at the end of her european campaign with 52.24. Kirsten Bolm scored a solid 8.00 win at 60 m Hurdles and said afterwards according to www.leichtathletik.de that Birmingham could be her last european indoors. Cuban Virgin Benavides just missed her PB from 2004 by 0.01 winning the short sprint in very solid 7.17, local star Sina Schielke confirmed good shape with 7.22 what means a season best for her. For German athletics Pole Vault was the clear show case. Tim Lobinger won with 570 (he went at all heights 550, 560 and 570 as the only one at first) and three next jumped the same height. The Birmingham participant Danny Ecker did only 550 and world champion Rens Blom only 540.
Top results
Men
60 m: 1. Nagel,RSA 6.60, 2. C. Campbell,JAM 6.60, 3. Chyla,POL 6.65, 4. Blum 6.66
200 m: 1. Nagel 20.76, 2. Ernst 20.94, 3. Jedrusinski 20.96
400 m: 1. Kedzia,POL 47.24
800 m: 1. Kombich,KEN 1:46.59, 2. Bungei,KEN 1:46.74
3000 m: 1. Bett, KEN 7:52.65, 2. Fitschen 7:55.91
60mH: 1. Blaschek,GER 7.60, 2. Zlatnar,SLO 7.74
PV: 1. Lobinger 570, 2. Spiegelburg 570, 3. Borgeling 570, 4. Schulze 570,...6. Ecker 550, 7. Blom,NED 540
LJ: 1. Starzak,POL 801, 2. Beckford,JAM 799, 3. Pedroso,CUB 783
SP: 1. Majewski,POL 19.86,...3. Bartels 18.96
Wom
60 m: 1. Benavides,CUB 7.17, 2. Schielke 7.22
200 m: 1. Kedzierski 23.74
400 m: 1. Ekpuphon,NGR 52.24
800 m: 1. Lemiesz,POL 2:02.48
60mH: 1. Blom 8.00, 2. Arencibia,CUB 8.09
LJ: 1. Trybanska,POL 650, 2. Y. Fernandez,CUB 639
Isinbayeva wins, Feofanova nh, Gevaert comes into the shape
PARIS: At SEAT special meet with 7 events in the Bercy Hall there were ups and downs for the top athletes. Belgian European Champion Kim Gevaert confirmed her shape is growing before Birmingham as she clocked 7.15 at 60 m, second fastest time of the season. Yelena Isinbayeva ended her 5-starts indoor campaign with fifth win and for the fourth time the world record height remained untouched. Three misses at 494, before that 481 in third and 466 in second attempt. Her training partner Fabiana Murer bettered for the third time this indoor her South American Record, this time she added huge 11 cm and achieved 466 cm. She equalled also her overall continental record from last summer. Europeans going to Birmingham had their bad day. Anna Rogowska jumped only 451 and Svetlana Feofanova no heighted at 441 cm. Olympic Champion Yelena Slesarenko went on her third tries over 191 and 194 and won before Martha Mendia of Spain and Canadian Nicole Forrester. They both jumped 191 in first and were leading, but then failed at 194. Godfrey Mokoena from South Africa bettered his own indoor national record to 818 in Long Jump and took Salim Sdiri and Luiz Meliz to their year bests. Dayron Robles as expected clearly won 60 m Hurdles (7.51). Olusoji Fasuba from Nigeria was clear 60 m winner as well as the only one he clocked sub 6.60 time. Veteran Gail Devers this time was not able to follow younger athletes and finished fourth in still respectable time of 8.00. Canadian Priscilla Lopes won the women hurdles in 7.90, her year best (4th in the world lists 2007) and only 0.03 behind her personal best from last year. Local girl Reina-Flor Okori equalled in heats her best 7.97 but in finals could not be better than fifth (8.05). Another upset for local fans was made by european record holder Ronald Pognon who after 6.70 did not achieved the finals at 60 metres.
Top results
Men
60 m: 1. Fasuba,NGR 6.54, 2. Henry, CAN 6.63, 3. Oriala,NGR 6.64, 4. Ngom,CMR 6.67 NR eq, 5. Ruostekivi,FIN 6.68 (h 6.66), in heats eliminated Pognon 6.70
60mH: 1. Robles,CUB 7.51, 2. Villar, COL 7.63, 3. Van der Westen,NED 7.63 PB, 4. Lavanne 7.73, 5. Deghelt,BEL 7.75
LJ: 1. Mokoena,RSA 818 NR, 2. Sdiri,FRA 813, 3. Meliz,CUB 808
Wom
60 m: 1. Gevaert,BEL 7.15, 2. Manninen, FIN 7.27
60mH: 1. Lopes,CAN 7.90, 2. Onyia,NGR 7.96 (h 7.93), 3. Felicien,CAN 7.99, 4. Devers,USA 8.00, 5. Okori 8.05 (h 7.97)
HJ: 1. Slesarenko,RUS 194, 2. Mendia,ESP 191, 3. Forrester,CAN 191
PV: 1. Isinbayeva,RUS 481 (466/2, 481/3, 494/xxx), 2. Murer,BRA 466 – AR, 3. Boslak 451, 4. Polnova,RUS 451, 5. Rogowska,POL 451, 6t, Hingst,GER and Agirre,ESP 431,...Feofanova,RUS nh (441)
Start list for multievents announced – headed by Kluft and Sebrle
LAUSANNE: EAA announced the startlist for multievents at European Indoor Championshisp. In both events nine athletes were invited according to their last year results, five according to this years results and one place was reserved for home nation. But for example in men category this was not used. There is also a special limitation that only two athletes per country can compete which is different to other events at championships (three per country). From last European indoor champs top two men are coming (Roman Sebrle from Czech Republic and Aleksander Pogorelov from Russia, he is also the lists leader) and top four women. Worlds number one Carolina Kluft from Sweden is leading the list followed by local hero Kelly Sotherton (silver in Madrid 2005) and Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine and Karin Ruckstuhl from Holland. Another favourite name is the High jump European Champion Tia Hellebaut from Belgium who is also leading the current lists with 4877 points. The Belgian athlete is still considering her options connected to High Jump. Womens competition has more quality as from Goteborg Top Ten seven athletes are scheduled to compete, whereas from men top ten only four. Even a attack at global mark is a posibility (4991 by Irina Belova, Russia, 1992 and second best by Kluft 4948 in 2005 in Madrid). Sebrle is expecting that his main rival as in Madrid will be Pogorelov, two years ago the olympic champion decided his gold only in last event.
Confirmed entries
Men – heptathlon
Roman Sebrle/CZE
Romain Barras/FRA
Aleksey Drozdov/RUS
Dennis Leyckes/GER
Aleksandr Pogorelov/RUS
Eugene Martineau/NED
Andrei Krauchanka/BLR
Madis Kallas/EST
Jacob Minah/GER
Alvaro Contreras/ESP
Rudy Bourguignon/FRA
Josef Karas/CZE
Francois Gourmet/BEL
Janis Karlivans/LAT
Frederic Xhonneux/BEL
Women – pentathlon
Carolina Kluft/SWE
Karin Ruckstuhl/NED
Karolina Tyminska/POL
Kelly Sotherton/GBR
Nataliya Dobrynska/UKR
Jessica Ennis/GBR
Aryiro Strataki/GRE
Olga Levenkova/RUS
Tia Hellebaut/BEL
Austra Skujyte/LTU
Julia Machtig/GER
Ganna Melnychenko/UKR
Anna Bogdanova/RUS
Kaie Kand/EST
Antoinette Djimou/FRA
Jearl Miles-Clark has a son
Track and Field News website informs that former top 400 m and 800 m runner Jearl Miles-Clark (40) is a mother. Son Jorell was born last Friday (Feb 16) and weighed six pounds, three ounces. Father J.J. Clark had an unusual weekend without competition afterwards. This weekend he will be already busy at SEC Champs. Son and his mom are doing well. In her career Jearl had 7 sub 50 seconds races and was 1993 world champion at 400 m, later she switched to 800 m and there she still holds the US record 1:56.40 (1999 in Zurich). She is also three time relay world champion and world indoor champion 1997. At 800 m her best placings are 6th at Olympic Games 2004 and 4th at World 1999 in Seville.
From Brisbane to Daegu
IAAF Evaluation Team finished the inspection of Brisbane and is heading to Daegu, Korea. For the moment words of praise and believe about readiness to host the event are heard. Australia has huge Queensland Government support. "Brisbane is very prepared to host a World Championships in Athletics. The stadium has a lot of possibilities ... there is a lot of space. For the athletes the stadium is good, the warm-up facilities are next door," head of IAAF Team Helmut Digel said according to the australian federation website. In Daegu about 500 people welcomed the IAAF team already at the airport. The decision will be made at the Council Meeting after World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya. For 2011 Champs Daegu, Moscow and Brisbane are bidding, for 2013 the same three with Barcelona.
Powell to Greene
Agencies are reporting that Asafa Powell sent a message to Maurice Greene who earlier was saying that he expects to attack the global mark and wants to win 2007 worlds and 2008 olympic titles. After his not succesfull race at Millrose there are no more indoor races scheduled for Greene, he is also not competing at this weekends nationals. Powell said: "I don't know what he is thinking, "I'm here. I'm running and I am going to break my own record. So if he is going for it, good luck."
Feofanova wants to jump 485
Russian pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova said for russian media that she wants in summer jump at least 485 cm. The 24 years old athlete has a best of 488 from 2004 (at that time a world record). „ I want to fight for the top positions. I think I m coming back where I was. Now the goal is Birmingham, although it is not a priority. That is in summer,“ said Feofanova who along with Polands Anna Rogowska will be the main favourite for gold at European Indoor Championships. Not to underestimate are also national record holders of Germany, France and Czech Republic (Carolin Hingst, Vanessa Boslak, currently Katerina Badurova, before Pavla Rybova) with another Russian Yulia Golubchikova. Except of Golubchikova and Czechs they will all meet with the queen Isinbayeva today evening in Paris. Feofanova in her career already won the European indoor title in 2002 Vienna, Austria.
Naimova had a great start
Greek statistican Thomas Constas reports that the fast and young Bulgarian Tezdzhan Naimova had a great start reaction of 0.116 (allowed is 0.100) during her world leading race 7.13 at Wednesday´s Balkan Indoor Championships in Athens.
Howe confirms Birmingham entry
ROMA: He waited until today, but now he sends the positive message to his fans. European champion Andrew Howe confirmed that he will compete at next week European Indoor Championships in Birmingham. The 21 years old model athlete competed so far twice this season in his best event and at each venue jumped over 8 metres. His 815 is currently second best mark of the season in Europe. Better is only Greek Louis Tsatoumas with his 817 national record. Interestingly Howe last time lost a long jump competition to european jumper back in 2004, exactly on June 26 in Roma to another Italian Nicola Trentin. His duel with Tsatoumas will be one of the championships higlights.
Swillims is not running
CHEMNITZ: One of the favourites of 400 m race in Birmingham German champion Bastian Swillims will not run at todays meet in Chemnitz. He planned to enter at the 200 m distance, but the doctors told him not to compete due to a small illness. As www.leichtathletik.de informs he wanted to run, but decided in favor of his health situation and so to be in optimal condition in Birmingham. The european leader and title defender David Gillick from Ireland who missed due to small cold last weeks Irish Championships is fully healthy and ready to fight for the medals in Birmingham.
Hellebaut will decide after the weekend
BRUSSELS: High jump European Champion Tia Hellebaut will decide about her programme in Birmingham after the weekend. At her website she explains that after she was sick the fever has gone, but she is still not feeling totally ok. She is saying that if some problems will remain she might do only high jump.
Cuban Half Marathon record
HAVANA: New cuban half marathon record was registered last weekend at INDER Half Marathon (INDER is the all-sports organisation in Cuba). Mariela Gonzalez achieved 1:14:16 and secured her name in cuban record lists, men winner was Norbert Gutierrez with 1:04:30 (report by Alfredo Sanchez).
Milz adresses also tougher measures against doping cheaters
LAUSANNE: EAA General Director Christian Milz in his „State of the Sport“ message touched also the fight against doping with following words:
„We at European Athletics, feel that the punishment and deterrents should be tougher in order to give the right messages to both the public and young impressionable athletes.
Rest assured, we hold a very strong line against doping in the sport and at next Thursdays press conference in Birmingham, our President, Hansjörg Wirz, will provide further comments on his recent announcements that Europe is not willing to pay the bill for negative behaviour of non Europeans as well as a host of new, innovative measures, to protect the purity of our sport and punish those who continue to cheat.
I salute the organisers of the big track and field meetings in Europe by refusing to invite convicted doping cheats to their meetings and it is my belief that if an athlete finds themselves at the critical point of decision making regarding doping, and they stop think that their future earning potential and competition opportunities will be removed for life, they will come to the conclusion that the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages and decide against it.“
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