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Athletics News - 21.02. |
Naimova world lead 7.13 at Balkan Champs
ATHENS (PEANIA): Last years World junior champion at 100 m and 200 m Tezdzhan Naimova from Bulgaria (will be 20 in May) achieved the most impressive mark during the 14th Balkan Indoor Championships in Athens. She won the 60 m in new world lead 7.13, her best from early February was 7.22. EME news learned that she is planning to compete in Birmingham and that means she would be a favourite for gold. Great duel at 800 m was won by Romanian Mihaela Neacsu 1:59.82 followed by Teodora Kolarova from Bulgaria 2:00.07 and another Romanian Liliana Popescu 2:00.60. Kolarova was later winning her heat in 400 m 52.71 and was overall second. Hurdles olympic medallist Ionela Manolache won the other race setting even faster time 52.63. Very solid also the 570 in Pole Vault by Bulgarian Ilian Efremov. Nevin Yanit missed her turkish national record at 60 m Hurdles only by 0.04. Second placed Elton Bitincka at men´s 60 m Hurdles registered new national record for Albania. Romanian men and women won the nations scoring.
Top results from segas website (some athletes competed out of countries ranking)
Men
60 m: 1. Suciu,ROM 6.76, II: 1. Petridis 6.76
400 m: 1. Cimpeanu,ROM 47.95
800 m: 1. Mihu,ROM 1:49.62
60mH: 1. Mihailescu,ROM 7.82, 2. Bitincka,ALB 7.86 NR
HJ: 1. Vasilache,ROM 227
PV: 1. Efremov,BUL 570, 2. Bukhalov,BUL 560, 3. Filippidis 535
LJ: 1. N. Atanasov,BUL 773
SP: 1. Alic, BIH 19.90 PB
Final nations scoring: 1. ROM 102, 2. GRE 92, 3. SRB 54, 4. BUL 43, 5. ALB 34, 6. MKD 23, 7. TUR 21, 8. BIH 19, 9. MDA 17, 10. MNE 11
Wom
60 m: 1. Naimova,BUL 7.13 WL, 2. Manolache,ROM 7.48, II: 1. Khristova,BUL 7.30
400 m: I: 1. Kolarova,BUL 52.71, II: 1. Manolache,ROM 52.63
800 m: 1. Neacsu,ROM 1:59.82, 2. Kolarova,BUL 2:00.07, 3. Popescu, ROM 2:00.60
3000 m: 1. Bobocel,ROM 9:06.15
60mH: 1. Yanit,TUR 8.04, II: 1. Kisildag,TUR 8.19
HJ: 1. Pantelimon,ROM 190
LJ: 1. Anton,ROM 639
TJ: 1. M. Dimitrova,BUL 14.02, 2. Pera 13.95, 3. Gavrila,ROM 13.66
SP: 1. Terzoglou 17.11
Final nations scoring: 1. ROM 93, 2. GRE 91.5, 3. BUL 73, 4. TUR 68, 5. SRB 46, 6. ALB, MKD 23, 8. MNE 20, 9. MDA 14.5, 10. BIH 4
Traditional fast winter walking in Russia
ADLER (RUS): At winter Russian U23 walking championships the young generation showed its potential. All three winning marks in main categories are so far the bests of the year. Goteborg silver medallist Valeriy Borchin first time in his career walked under 1:20 at 20 km. Current U23 European Champion from 2005 Igor Yerokhin also bettered his best to 1:19:21. Only 21 years old Vladimir Kanaykin won the usual winter event 35 km in 2:26:09, but was behind his last years world best 2:21:31 from the same event. Alena Nartova was the surprise winner of women 20 km race also in new best 1:28:31. This event was mainly Russian selection for European Cup in May in Leamington,GBR.
Top results (from www.rusathletics.ru)
20 km: 1. Valeriy Borchin 1:18:56, 2. Igor Yerokhin 1:19:21, 3. Viktor Burayev 1:19:57
35 km: 1. Vladimir Kanaykin 2:26:09, 2. Sergey Kirdyapkin 2:28:47, 3. Oleg Kistin 2:30:28
Wom
20 km: 1. Alena Nartova 1:28:31, 2. Tatyana Sibileva 1:28:51, 3. Olga Kaniskina 1:29:02
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