by Larry Eder
What follows is thoughts on Day five from Alfons Juck, our man around the world. We hope that you enjoy his pithy comments as well as his updates on all things track & field.
you to all, that nobody told me about the daily programme cover photo
situation. I was not aware, now all is ok, I was succesful,” Olga
Kaniskina beeing the first cover photo name to win in Daegu after
Hooker, Bolt, Robles and Isinbayeva.
DAEGU
(KOR): The only Wednesday event was 20 km walk. Russian Olga Kaniskina
won three straight championships, while RUS won sixth straight at W20Km
walk. Her fifth big win in a row at championships (Osaka, Beijing,
Berlin, Barcelona, Daegu). For Kaniskina, it was record 3rd gold medal,
one more than Olimpida Ivanova, who has two. RUS won two medals for the
second time, first was in 2007. RUS won both men’s and women’s 20Km
walk, as they have done in 2001 and 2009. It was the best performance on
Korean soil, replacing 1:33:40 by Wang Qingqing in Busan (Asian Games).
Liu Hong wone second medal, having won bronze 2 years ago and now
silver, and thus became fourth walker with multiple medal at this
event.
(KOR): Just prior to the start of the evening session on the fourth of
nine days of competition at the 13th edition of the IAAF World
Championships, Daegu 2011, members of the IAAF Council led by President
Lamine Diack and the Mayor of the City of Daegu Kim Bum-il and his
fellow LOC Co-President Hae-Nyoung Cho took part in a Tree Planting
Ceremony in a park west of Daegu Stadium next to the Sports Museum. This
event was one of the IAAF Green Projects which Daegu City and the Local
Organising Committee (LOC) of the IAAF World Championships have
organised to promote to the world the eco-friendly nature of the city
and the championships.
BUDAPEST
(HUN): All-Athletics.com publishede the Top 10 male and female
performances of the World Championships in Daegu, after Day 5. The lists
are made according to the rules of the All-Athletics.com Overall
Rankings. The leaders so far are Yohan Blake of Jamaica and Tatyana
Chernova of Russia. Blake and his 9.92 against -1.4 wind is worth 1542
points (including points for position) ahead of Jason Richardson and his
13.16 (-1.1) worth 1528 and 590 of Pawel Wojciechowski in pole vault
(1527). On the women side Chernova has 1568 points (the best overall)
ahead of Valerie Adams (1551 for 21.24 shot put) and Yuliya Zaripova
(1526 for 9:07.03 steeple).
DAEGU
(KOR): Between ASICS Corporation and Christophe Lemaitre, the adventure
is a lasting and enduring one. Indeed the Japanese brand has kitted out
the young French sprinter since his early days as an athlete. Their
first contract dates back to 2007 when Christophe Lemaitre celebrated
his 17th birthday. This great adventure between an extraordinary
champion and his sponsor has taken on a whole new dimension today. ASICS
Corporation and Christophe Lemaitre have signed a new contract, this
one lasting an additional five years. As such they are committing
themselves up to the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. Christophe will be 26 by
then. With this contract, the runner from Aix-les-Bains becomes the
brand’s top European sprinter. This new five-year commitment makes
Christophe Lemaitre one of ASICS Corporation’s main global brand
ambassadors, who will be featured in its international communications,
in the same way as the Americans Lolo Jones (100m hurdles) and Ryan Hall
(marathon), the Italian Stefano Baldini (marathon), and in the recent
past, Swede Stefan Holm (high jump).
DAEGU (KOR):
The tradition of the championship’s press lunch was continued in Casa
Italia which for the nine day duration of Daegu 2011 is situated in the
May Garden in Daegu City Centre. Located just a few hundred metres away
from the finish line of the 20km Race Walk, there was of course a huge
turn-out of media for the lunch which was hosted by the AIPS
(International Sports Press Association) and the organisers of the
Helsinki European Champs 2012, with the support of the Italian team and
their sponsors. The guests were welcomed by AIPS President Gianni Merlo
and Italian Federation President Franco Arese, with the list of VIPS
attending headed by IAAF President Lamine Diack who was accompanied to
the function by many of his Council colleagues including Daegu LOC
Honorary President Rocky Park. Helsinki 2012 LOC President Antti
Pihlakoski and European Area Association President Hansjorg Wirz were
also on hand to explain the philosophy of the biennial European
championships whose new cycle begins with the 2012 championships in the
Finnish capital. Distinguishing the lunch with their presence were a
host of top athletics names including last night’s newly crowned World
800m champion David Rudisha and silver medallist Yuriy Borzakovskiy who
were interviewed alongside former World record holder Lord Sebastian
Coe. Appropriately women’s Pole Vault bronze medallist Svetlana
Feofanova was presented to the audience with current men’s World record
holder Sergey Bubka. Informs IAAF. Two other new World champions were at
the lunch, Tatyana Chernova (Heptathlon) and Yuliya Zaripova (3000m
Steeplechase), while rising-star Christophe Lemaitre, fourth in the
100m, found himself on stage with sprint legend Don Quarrie, the 1976
Olympic 200m champion.
ST GEORGE’S
(GRN): Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas declared a National
Colours Day in support of their newly crowned World 400m champion Kirani
James. The fresh 400 m world champion has joined the professional
ranks. The Alabama University student opted to forgo the last two years
of his college eligibility to sign with Nike. Informs TrackAlerts. The
18 year old confirmed the move during the World Championships in Daegu
after months of speculations. “I went Pro the ending of the season
(NCAA), and it is going good so far,” he told Trackalerts.com. “The main
thing about it is that my schooling will be taken care of, so it is a
win, win situation,” he added while saying his parent and coach thought
that was the best for him right now.
CLEMENT:
After crashing at the semifinals stage of the 400m hurdles in Daegu
Kerron Clement disclosed he has been battling a groin injury. “For the
last couple months I’ve been battling a groin injury. Of course, no one
knows anything about it because I don’t want to make any excuses about
anything. I tried to push through the pain in the first round. It didn’t
really hurt as much in the first round. In the second round, I tried to
go a little faster. And after the third hurdle I felt my groin pull and
it really hurt me bad. I limped and I really couldn’t finish the race.
I’ll come back next year stronger than ever.” Informs TrackAlerts.
BOLT: Glen
Mills, coach of double world record holder Usain Bolt, has said the
sprinter has put his false start in the men’s 100-metres in Daegu behind
him. As a result, Mills said Bolt is ready to defend the 200-metre
title he won in Berlin two years ago. Mills said Bolt is very
disappointed “but it makes no sense groan over it continuously. He knows
that the show must go on, and as a champion and a star, he must realise
he must get ready for the next act and that what he is doing.” In other
development around Bolt Belgian media are informing that there is a
possibility to stage a special 100 m at Samsung Diamond League final in
Brussels. Initially he was scheduled to run the 200 m, the final race at
the distance in the series.
FRANCE: France
informed about their 4×400 m relay compositions. Men: Fillon, Venel,
Hanne, Deciums, women: Anarchasis, Gayot, Guei, Hurtis.
DISCUS:
Robert Harting is now unbeaten in 11 competitions this season. He also
confirmed he will continue to throw until 2018 and hopes in that year
the European Championships will be staged in Berlin.
JAMAICA: Asafa
Powell spoke to MTV3 of Finland: ” I don’t take here any risk about
getting injured. I would not like to end my season to injured, so I
don’t take any risk to run relay. There is coming important meetings and
of course London Olympics.” About Usain Bolt and 100 m final. ” I was
so disappointed, that i watch the race in my room at Athlete Village. I
was some kind of shock when I saw that false start with Usain. I think
that the old rule was better that new one, but I don’t know if they are
ready to change it or not.” The final decision about the relay will
happen on Thursday.
UPDATED STATS
succesful:
Reese, Borchin, Hardee, Adams, Harting, Kaniskina
not succesful:
Bolt
(100 m), Bekele (5 and 10km), Brathwaite, Hooker, L. Masai, Samuels,
Kozmus, Fraser-Pryce, Richards-Ross, Clement, Rogowska, Ennis
still chance:
Bolt
(200m), A. Kirui, D. Philips, Idowu, Cantwell, Thorkildsen, Kirdyapkin,
Felix (200 m), Semenya, Jamal, Cheruiyot (5k), Foster-Hylton, Walker,
Vlasic, Savigne, Wlodarczyk, Kamel
MEDALS
(21 events): 1. USA 4-4-1, 2. Russia 4-2-4, 3. Kenya 3-2-3, 4. Germany
1-2-1, 5. China 1-2-0, 6. Jamaica 1-1-0, 28 countries.
POINTS (21 events): 1. USA 103, 2. Russia 97, 3. Kenya 79, 4. China 46, 5. Germany 44, 6. Poland 35, 50 countries.
AGENTS RANKING (by medals after 21 events, 41 agents)
Aleks
Porkhomovskiy 2-1-1, Jos Hermens 1-2-0, Pavel Voronkov 1-1-3, Ricky
Simms 1-1-2, Paul Doyle 1-1-0, Federico Rosa 1-1-0, Chris Layne 1-1-0,
Vera Michallek 1-1-0, Cubie Seegobin 1-0-1, Daniel Wessfeldt 1-0-1,
Brendan Reilly 1-0-0, Biruk Bekele 1-0-0, Mark Pryor 1-0-0, Maurie Plant
1-0-0, Janusz Szydlowski 1-0-0, Michiyo Shuto 1-0-0, Emmanuel Hudson
1-0-0, Robert Wagner/Renaldo Nehemiah 1-0-0, James Templeton 1-0-0,
Aivar Karotamm 1-0-0, Gianni Demadonna 0-1-2, Javier Sotomayor 0-1-2,
Jose Praia 0-1-0, Washington Dix 0-1-0, Claude Bryan 0-1-0, Wes Felix
0-1-0, Attila Spiriev 0-1-0, Kimberly Holland 0-1-0, Ulf Saletti 0-1-0,
Jane Cowmeadow 0-1-0, Vesteinn Hafsteinsson 0-1-0, Jochen Wetter 0-1-0,
Alberto Armas 0-0-1, Caroline Feith 0-0-1, Rene Auguin 0-0-1, Valentina
Fedyushina 0-0-1, Wilfried Meert 0-0-1, Olga Nazarova 0-0-1, Marc
Osenberg 0-0-1, Mikhail Gusev 0-0-1, Marc Corstjens 0-0-1
OTHER NEWS
AIRES (ARG): Buenos Aires is set to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth
Olympics Games, the city’s Mayor Mauricio Macri officially announced. He
made the announcement together with Gerardo Werthein, the President of
the Argentinian Olympic Committee, at a special ceremony at the
headquarter of the Buenos Aires Government. Buenos Aires is set to face
stiff competition to host the third Summer Youth Olympics with Monterrey
in Mexico, MedellÃn in Colombia, Kazan in Russia, The Hague in the
Netherlands and Abuja in Nigeria all likely to bid for the competition.
Makhachkala, in Dagestan, a neighbour of Chechnya, has also expressed an
interest in bidding.
STOCKHOLM (SWE): Nordic Sport
announced that we they have been choosen to become official supplier of
athletics equipment to Samsung Diamond League Final, Weltklasse Zürich
for the next 4 years. Nordic Sport will introduce new and modern
products during all four years. Weltklasse Zürich will be the first
event in the world to have second generation electronic pole vault
standards from Nordic Sport. We will also introduce two new landing pits
system, one for pole vault and one for high jump. The pole vault
landing pit Elit 1.0 is one of the world biggest with dimensions
910x710x80 cm for maximum security of the pole vaulters. The high jump
pit Elite 1.0 is also one of the worlds biggest with dimensions
800x400x80 cm for maximum security for high jumpers. But the pit have a
lot of hiden news which make this high jump pit unique in the world. The
HJ Elit 1.0 pit have special channels going thru the pit for T-Base
Elite high jump standards and for tv-cables. Nordic Sport informs in a
release.
