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Athletics News - 08.03. |
Ottey continues into summer
LJUBLJANA (SLO): Supervet sprinter Merlene Ottey confirmed that she will continue to run. „I need to achieve 11.30 in order to qualify for Osaka. I will try for that. My appearance in Birmingham was very short, but I still feel I can be there and compete,“ she said. In Birmingham (her first ever European Indoors) she achieved high quality 7.33 in the 60 m heats, only once in the season she was quicker (7.30 in heats of Leipzig Meet). With the aimed time of 11.30 she would better her own world masters record in category 45+ which is currently 11.34 from last year in Glasgow (Aug 12). She also holds the best in this category at 200 m with 23.82 last August in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia). If succesfull Osaka would be her 8th outdoor World Championships. With that she would tie the record 8 appearances achieved so far by 8 women – Laverne Eve (BAH, javelin), Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS, walk), Franka Dietzsch (GER, discus), Jackie Edwards (BAH, long jump), Susana Feitor (POR, walk), Fiona May (ITA, long jump), Beverly McDonald (JAM, sprints) and Maria Mutola (MOZ, 800 m). On the male side there are three personalities with 8 appearances – Jan Zelezny (CZE, javelin), Tim Berrett (CAN, walk) and Lars Riedel (GER, discus).
Weidlinger moves to 10 k
WIEN (AUT): Best Austrian track runner Günther Weidlinger announced after returning home from Birmingham that he will start to concentrate on 10 000 m. He wants to compete in this distance already early April at European Cup at 10 000 m on the track in Ferrara, Italy. The track best of the 28 years old runner is 29:03.64 from 2002, but last year in November he achieved on the road of swiss city Basel 28:14.5. In Birmingham 3000 m finals he finished seventh. Austrian record is high quality time 27:42.98 by Dietmar Millonig back in 1982 in Oslo.
Leipzig is also candidate
DARMSTADT (GER): Further to candidate cities for European Indoor Championships 2011 (Appeldorn, Paris, Goteborg) also the german city of Leipzig is included. German Athletics Federation is also thinking about staging the European Outdoor Championships sometime in future.
WR for Defar ratified
MONTE CARLO: IAAF ratified the world indoor record of Meseret Defar at 3000 m in Stuttgart on Feb 3 with famous time 8:23.72. There are three more female world records this indoor season waiting for the ratification (14:27.42 Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000 m – 493 Yelena Isinbayeva, PV – 8:18.54 Moscow region, 4x800 m). As in last year also this year so far no men world record in official event. Last male ratified indoor WR was set in 2005 by Kerron Clement 44.57 in Fayetteville on March 12.
EAA
BIRMINGHAM: EAA council approved the measure which was announced already before the championships. But this time the European governing body did not waited for a global decision. Minimum two-year of ineligibility from all European Championships will be aplying for athletes who will be returning from doping bans. This is starting by now and can be applied already this summer at European Championships U23 and European Junior Championships. Fortunately in younger categiores there are not many cases. For the seniors it could first affect the European Cross Country Championships next December in Spain and from the big ones European Indoor Championships 2009 in Torino and Outdoor champs 2010 in Barcelona. Remains unconfirmed whether European Cups (10 000 m, throws, national teams) will be also affected by this decision. EAA will propose similar measure at IAAF Congress in August in Osaka to achieve the same attitude at global level.
IAAF
FRANKFURT: IAAF staged a TV seminar for host broadcaster producers and meeting directors of World Athletics Tour meetings. This one was organised for all except Golden League meetings because they have their regular TV seminar every year. The main goal is united presentation and harmonisation of one day meeting tv productions. Not the number of cameras but how they are used was the motto heard from experienced TV directors. Also issues like pacemakers, uniforms of athletes, duels instead of solo races, four rounds in technical events and storytelling were discussed. At the end the general outlook of graphic presentation of World Athletics Tour meetings was proposed by IAAF TV department. The discussions will continue in August in Stockholm at next seminar.
LONDON: Steeple world record holder Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar is back in good training. He will decide end of next week whether he will compete in Mombasa at World Cross Country Championships. The other alternative is to fully focus on track season.
KINGSTON: The Jamaica International Invitational Meet will be held this year on May 5. The biggest part of the programme of 14 events is composed from sprint races, the only technical is women triple jump. That is also logical in this event the country has the reigning world champion Trecia Smith. It is also probably the site of first individual track race of the season by world record holder Asafa Powell.
BRISBANE: Australian summer season is climaxing from Friday until Sunday with National Championships in Brisbane. Some US stars still remained and so Pole Vault Hooker/Burgess vs. Walker/Stevenson will have next edition. Also world leader Christian Cantwell remained „down under“ and will compete. The champs are also selection trials for Osaka.
FAYETTEVILLE: On Friday two days of NCAA Indoor Championships – the climax of indoor season for best university athletes – are starting. The highlights should be always the sprints – this time maybe more to be awaited from Jamaican Kerron Stewart in women section. But also Andra Manson in High Jump and Brittany Riley attacking her own world best in weight throw could be very interesting.
MADRID: Spanish Athletics Federation president Jose Maria Odriozola (also IAAF Council member) said for daily Marca that he expects in light of succesfull Birmingham appearance (9 medals) a strong team of 70 athletes to compete in summer in Osaka at World Championships.
MOSKVA: Russia announced strong team for European Winter Throwing Cup in Yalta, Ukraine this month. It is headed by European Champion and world record holder in hammer throw Tatyana Lysenko. Also in the field the silver medallist in Shot Put from Birmingham Irina Khudorozhkina. Team, men – DT: Borichevskiy, Gribkov, JT: Sukhomlinov, Tovarnov, HT: Vinnichenko, Azarenkov, SP: Tsirikhov, Grekov, wom – DT: Tuchak, S. Ivanova, JT: Rybko, Abakumova, HT: Lysenko, Bespalova, SP: Khudorozhkina, Avdeyeva
PARIS: National Athletics League announced the french circuit of meetings called „Lagardere Athlé Tour 2007“. It is composed of 5 meets, including IAAF Super Grand Prix in Monte Carlo and EAA Premium in Lille. The dates: June 8 – Lille, June 17 – Paris (Jean Bouin, site of former GP meetings back in eighties), Jun 28 – Strasbourg, July 17 – Reims, July 25 - Monaco
Marion Jones confirmed
About what EME News with help of other sources and based on story in Nation News of Barbados already reported is now confirmed. Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson are now a official pair. Reuters got the confirmation from local minister who performed the service in North Carolina. What still remains to be confirmed is the fact whether she is pregnant. Well informed sources close to us track agents scene are saying that yes.
Results corner
BRATISLAVA (SVK): Mar 3-4, National multivenets champs – hep: 1. Pavel Baar,CZE 5454 (7.08-726-14.11-190-8.34-405-2:52.01), 2. Andrej Bician (SVK champion) 5117, pent (4): 1. Lucia Slanickova 3808
BRATISLAVA (SVK): Mar 3, Slovak U15 champs – boys SP (4kg): 1.Denis Englis (92) 17.40, 2000 m walk: 1. Peter Tichy (93, son of walking olympian) 10:03.11, girls – 2000 m walk: 1. Veronika Privalincova (92) 9:42.14
PRAHA (CZE): Mar 3, Czech U15 champs – girls HJ: 1. Magdalena Nova (92) 172, PV: 1. Katerina Skopalova (82) 338
PARDUBICE (CZE): Mar 4, WT outdoors – men (16 kg): 1. Vladimir Maska 22.87, wom (10 kg): 1. Katerina Safrankova (89) 18.66
FAYETTEVILLE (USA): Mar 2, addition from US weekend – world ranked second in 100 m and 200 m Tyson Gay achieved in his first ever 400 m race a solid 47.08 and won his section. Overall he was 4th.
TOLUCA (MEX): Ana Guevara achieved 50.68 at 400 m at high altitude and so celebrated her 30th birthday.
KINGSTON (JAM): Cuban former world champion Yipsi Moreno bettered her own national record in hammer to 75.64 and moved to 9th place in the all-time lists. Even more sensational looks the new best of 23-years old Yarelis Barrios. She achieved in discus 66.68 and her previous best was 61.01 last May in Halle, Germany. Arianna Martinez (22) registered also great new best in triple jump 14.61 m, so far twice 14.28 (this and last year).
CORRECTIONS
Kenenisa Bekele has of course 5 doubles at WCCC, that means in total 11 individual (10 senior and one junior) and 7 team golds in the history of the event. He is unbeaten in CC since December 2001 – 28 succesive victories.
Delete the mark by Jonathan Fortenberry as reported in EME News 61/2007 45.67. That is his outdoor best from 2002.
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