Shanghai Grand Prix, Complete Results

China is a huge sports market, and with the Beijing Olympics just a year away, the race is on to make Chinese sports fans! Here are the results and some updates on the
Shanghai Grand Prix, from Friday, September 28, 2007:

Friday, September 28, 2007-Shanghai, China
Tyson Gay, Liu Xiang upset!
Wallace Spearmon, Tyson’s training parter got the better of Tyson, taking the 100 meters, running a pesonal best o 9.96 to Tyson’s 10.02! Veronica Campbell ran 10.90 a near personal best. Sanya Richards took second, with a PB of 10.97.
Daron Robles of Cuba, who ran 12.92 at the World Athletics Final last week, upset Liu Xiang of China. Robles won in 13.01, with Anwar Moore of the US in second, and Liu Xiang in third and Allen Johnson in fourth.
Jeremy Wariner ran 44.02, winning by over a second!
Daniel Kipchirir Komen of Kenya ran a fast 3:31.75 with Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia on his heels, running a personal best of 3:32.35 for second!
28/09/2007
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix
Shanghai, 28/09/2007
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: +0.0 m/s
Pts
1 Spearmon , Wallace USA 9.96 10
2 Gay , Tyson USA 10.02 8
3 Frater , Michael JAM 10.07 7
4 Fifton , Rikki GBR 10.16 6
5 Martina , Churandy AHO 10.22 5
6 Johnson , Joshua J. USA 10.24 4
7 Zhang , Peimeng CHN 10.27 3
8 Wen , Yongyi CHN 10.31 2
9 Brunson , Marcus USA 10.40
200 Metres – Men Wind: -0.3 m/s
Pts
1 Powell , Asafa JAM 20.00 10
2 Martin , Rodney USA 20.29 8
3 Williams , Christopher JAM 20.39 7
4 Johnson , Joshua J. USA 20.42 6
5 Martina , Churandy AHO 20.60 5
6 Christian , Brendan ANT 20.62 4
7 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 20.71 3
8 Liu , Haitao CHN 21.22 2
9 Chen , Yingqiu CHN 21.53
400 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Wariner , Jeremy USA 44.02 10
2 Taylor , Angelo USA 45.03 8
3 Christopher , Tyler CAN 45.20 7
4 Williamson , Darold USA 45.38 6
5 Kikaya , Gary COD 45.42 5
6 Clement , Kerron USA 46.59 4
7 Ayre , Sanjay JAM 47.02 3
8 Wang , Xiaoxu CHN 47.25 2
1500 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Komen , Daniel Kipchirchir KEN 3:31.75 10
2 Bekele , Kenenisa ETH 3:32.35 8
3 Kamel , Youssef Saad BRN 3:34.59 7
4 Kemboi , Nicholas KEN 3:36.49 6
5 Kiptum , Bernard Kiptanui KEN 3:40.68 5
6 Ndiwa , Remmy Limo KEN 3:43.08 4
7 Kobayashi , Fumikazu JPN 3:44.39 3
8 Kipruto , Brimin Kiprop KEN 3:44.99 2
9 Gu , Ming CHN 3:45.95 1
10 Yu , Zhiyang CHN 3:47.05 1
11 Abdi , Youcef AUS 3:48.35 1
12 Kimutai , Philemon Kipkorir KEN 3:51.38 1
Litei , John KEN DNF
Surum , Samson KEN DNF
Bashir , Daham Najim QAT DNS
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: -0.4 m/s
Pts
1 Robles , Dayron CUB 13.01 10
2 Moore , Anwar USA 13.20 8
3 Liu , Xiang CHN 13.21 7
4 Johnson , Allen USA 13.23 6
5 Shi , Dongpeng CHN 13.28 5
6 Demidyuk , Sergiy UKR 13.36 4
7 Wilson , Ryan USA 13.45 3
8 Brown , Joel USA 13.51 2
9 Xing , Yanan CHN 13.63
10 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.71
High Jump – Men
Pts
1 Thâˆšâˆ‚rnblad , Linus SWE 2.31 10
2 Silnov , Andrey RUS 2.29 8
3 Nieto , Jamie USA 2.23 7
4 Williams , Jesse USA 2.23 6
5 Harris , Tora USA 2.23 5
6 Shustov , Aleksandr RUS 2.23 4
7 Huang , Haiqiang CHN 2.23 3
BâˆšÂ°ba , Jaroslav CZE NM
Krymarenko , Yuriy UKR NM
Thomas , Donald BAH NM
Wang , Chen CHN NM
Long Jump – Men
Pts Wind
1 Johnson , Brian USA 8.15 10 +0.1
2 Wilson , Aarik USA 8.03 8 -0.9
3 Pate , Miguel USA 8.02 7 +0.0
4 Mokoena , Godfrey Khotso RSA 8.01 6 +0.9
5 Li , Runrun CHN 8.01 5 +0.9
6 Moffitt , John USA 7.99 4 -0.1
7 Tomlinson , Christopher GBR 7.79 3 +0.3
8 Bispo , RogâˆšÂ©rio BRA 7.43 2 -0.9
9 Dias , Thiago Jacinto BRA 7.41 -0.9
Triple Jump – Men
Pts Wind
1 Gu , Junjie CHN 16.67 10 -0.8
2 Wu , Bo CHN 16.12 8 -1.0
3 Xie , Zunpeng CHN 16.10 7 -1.0
4 Fujibayashi , Nobuaki JPN 16.06 6 -0.8
5 Zhong , Minwei CHN 16.00 5 -0.9
6 Zhu , Shujing CHN 15.99 4 -1.1
7 Sogame , Shin-ya JPN 15.55 3 -1.0
8 Chen , JInsen CHN 15.51 2 -0.6
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: -0.7 m/s
Pts
1 Campbell , Veronica JAM 10.90 10
2 Richards , Sanya USA 10.97 8
3 Jeter , Carmelita USA 11.09 7
4 Williams , Lauryn USA 11.21 6
5 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.27 5
6 Sturrup , Chandra BAH 11.51 4
7 Maduaka , Joice GBR 11.57 3
8 Ha , Xianping CHN 11.73 2
9 Tao , Yujia CHN 11.84
400 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Ohuruogu , Christine GBR 50.57 10
2 Williams , Shericka JAM 50.98 8
3 Usovich , Ilona BLR 51.35 7
4 Lloyd , Shereefa JAM 51.49 6
5 Hennagan , Monique USA 51.59 5
6 Amertil , Christine BAH 51.97 4
7 Okoro , Marilyn GBR 52.82 3
8 Tang , Xiaoyin CHN 53.42 2
9 Huang , Meiling CHN 54.61
5000 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Defar , Meseret ETH 14:49.06 10
2 Masai , Linet Chepkwemoi KEN 15:06.09 8
3 Kibet , Sylvia Jebiwott KEN 15:15.56 7
4 Moges , Bethlehem ETH 15:30.06 6
5 Kipchumba , Irene Kwambai KEN 15:30.33 5
6 Harun Haji , Makda ETH 15:31.21 4
7 Bai , Xue CHN 15:42.08 3
8 Zhang , Yingying CHN 16:21.14 2
9 Boonstra , Miranda NED 16:25.42 1
10 Urgesa , Bizunesh ETH 16:44.67 1
Komyagina , Olga RUS DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: -0.8 m/s
Pts
1 Perry , Michelle USA 12.65 10
2 Dixon , Vonette JAM 12.88 8
3 Harper , Dawn USA 13.03 7
4 Liu , Jing CHN 13.28 6
5 Carruthers , Danielle USA 13.51 5
6 Ivoninskaya , Natalya KAZ 13.60 4
7 He , Liyuan CHN 13.70 3
8 Bliss , Andrea JAM 13.87 2
Denby , Nichole USA DNF
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
Pts
1 Rawlinson , Jana AUS 54.42 10
2 Danvers-Smith , Tasha GBR 54.85 8
3 Williams , Tiffany USA 55.01 7
4 Isakova , Yevgeniya RUS 55.15 6
5 Huang , Xiaoxiao CHN 55.62 5
6 Kubokura , Satomi JPN 56.35 4
7 Ivanova , Natalya RUS 56.58 3
8 Azarova , Tatyana KAZ 56.81 2
9 Wang , Hui CHN 57.08
High Jump – Women
Pts
1 Vlaâ‰ˆÂ°ic , Blanka CRO 2.02 10
2 Palamar , Vita UKR 2.00 8
3 Chicherova , Anna RUS 1.97 7
4 Styopina , Vita UKR 1.88 6
5 LalâˆšÂ°kovâˆšÂ° , Barbora CZE 1.88 5
6 DubnovâˆšÂ° , Romana CZE 1.85 4
7 Qiao , Yanrui CHN 1.80 3
8 Aoyama , Miyuki JPN 1.80 1
8 Jiang , Haiyan CHN 1.80 1
Pole Vault – Women
Pts
1 Isinbaeva , Yelena RUS 4.83 10
2 Feofanova , Svetlana RUS 4.75 8
3 Hingst , Carolin GER 4.65 7
4 Gao , Shuying CHN 4.45 5.50
4 Golubchikova , Yuliya RUS 4.45 5.50
6 Debska , Paulina POL 4.20 4
7 Polnova , Tatyana RUS 4.20 3
8 Ryzih , Lisa GER 4.20 2
9 Zhang , Yingning CHN 4.00
Long Jump – Women
Pts Wind
1 Chen , Yaling CHN 6.29 10 -0.7
2 Zhang , Lan CHN 6.24 8 -0.7
3 Sato , Yuka JPN 6.12 7 -0.5
4 Zhang , Chunxiao CHN 6.12 6 -1.0
5 Zhang , Guihua CHN 5.96 5 -0.3
6 Li , Shengnan CHN 5.92 4 -0.6
7 Wang , Yu CHN 5.61 3 -1.2
For the complete story on the Shanghia meet: http://www.iaaf.org/GP07/news/Kind=2/newsId=41891.html

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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