by Larry Eder
Bob Tahri, European Champs, 2006, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Tahri set a world best for 2,000 meters a week ago, and this weekend, he cranks a WL
8:03.72. I believe the Frenchman will be ready for European Champs!
ME NEWS (JUN 29, 2010) UPDATE
TAHRI WORLD LEADING STEEPLE
METZ (FRA, Jun 29): World steeple medalist Bob Tahri clocked at French
D1 meeting world leading steeple 8:03.72. “I wanted to run at around
8:04 and clock a world lead, that was succesfull. For a sub 8 minutes I
would need a stronger race” he was quoted. It is also third fastest
race of his career. Second Kenyan Bernard Mbugua achieved 8:20.14.
Excellent solo race in the 5000 m by South African Tshamano Setone
13:27.50. German Carsten Schlangen impressed with European qualifier
3:36.67 at 1500 m. In the 400 m French Teddy Venel was the best with
46.04. Jamaican Clement Campbell won the 200 m (21.02, +1.3). Surprise
winner in triple jump Vladimir Letnicov of Moldova got windy 16.92
(+2.1) and legal 16.79 (+1.2). French Yves Niare was satisfied with
20.21 shot put. In women events good French wins for Johanna Danois in
the 200 m (23.29, +1.6) and Virginie Michanol in the 400 m (52.29).
Ethiopian Meskerem Assefa won the 1500 m (4:13.56) and Russian Olga
Tarantinova the steeple (9:50.13). Beatrice Lundmark of Switzerland
with career best 189 beat on count-back in high jump Canadian Nicole
Forrester.
TWO EUROPEAN LEADS: 22.60 FEDORIVA, 50.16 KAPACHINSKAYA
MOSCOW (RUS, Jun 29): Third Moscow Open meet (EA Premium Category) in
the Luzhinki Area registered in good weather (25 degrees, wind) two
European leading marks of the season. Olympic relay winner Aleksandra
Fedoriva clocked 22.60 and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya who lost her 200 m
lead in Europe impressed with another continental season best in the
400 m with 50.16. In the 200 m second Yulia Gushchina 22.80 and third
Yekaterina Vukolova in life-time best 22.89. Also fourth Ksenia Vdovina
achieved PB 22.91. “We had a good race, but the main thing is to remain
in the shape until our national championships, the selection meet for
Barcelona,” said Fedoriva who is still undecided in which events she
wants to qualify (both sprints and hurdles is the option). In the 400 m
second European indoor champion Antonina Krivoshapka achieved 50.56 and
Tatyana Firova 50.79. Also sub 51 seconds by Ukrainian Antonina
Yefremova 50.81 and Kseniya Zadorina 50.87 (PB) ahead of Bulgarian
European Champion Vania Stambolova 51.25. “I wanted to have an even
race and I hope my shape will be growing towards our nationals,” said
Kapachinskaya who is also undecided about 200 or 400 for Barcelona.
Fast men hurdles by Daniel Kiss of Hungary and Artur Noga of Poland,
but their 13.20 were aided by +3.1. Tatyana Lysenko won the hammer
with 76.03 after world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk was a late
withdrawal. Tajikistan´s Dilshod Nazarov won the men hammer with 78.57
ahead of Sergey Litvinov of Germany 77.10 and world medalist Aleksey
Zagorniy 75.77. Sub 2 minutes in women 800 m by Yelena Kofanova 1:59.67
just beating fast finishing Svetlana Usovich of Belarus 1:59.73. Yuriy
Borzakovskiy fulfilled his 800 m favorite role with solid 1:45.17 over
Czech talent Jakub Holusa who achieved life-time best 1:45.85. World
indoor champion Ivan Ukhov after jumping 225 passed 228 and had good
attempts at 230 but failed. So he was second behind Aleksey Dmitrik who
cleared 228. In solid steeple top three went sub 8:25. Winner Russian
Ildar Minshin (8:24.55) over Moroccan Brahim Taleb (8:24.59) and
Moldova´s Ion Luchianov (8:24.88). Slovak record holder Dmitrij
Valukevic won the triple jump (17.00, +0.8) and Dmitriy Starodubtsev
was the best in pole vault (560). In women´s U23 100 m race solid 11.32
personal best by Ukrainian Hrystyna Stuy (+1.7). Nataliya Koreyvo of
Belarus won the 1500 m in 4:09.26 ahead of Renata Plis of Poland
(4:09.28). In the hight jump Irina Gordeyeva and Svetlana Shkolina
cleared 192. Belarus wins in long jump by Nastasia Mironchyk (684,
+0.7, beating other guests Yuliya Tarasova of Uzbekistan 673-PB and
Latvian Ineta Radevica 671) and Natalia Mikhnevich in shot put (19.74
ahead of Olga Ivanova 19.18).
OTHER NEWS
DES MOINES (USA): The 25 000 USD Visa Champion awards for the best
performances at the Visa series of meetings in the USA went to Bershawn
Jackson for his 400 m hurdles mark at US Championships and in women
category to Chaunte Howard-Lowe for her 205 also at Nationals.
BUDAPEST (HUN): New Hungarian president voted on Tuesday is former
fencing olympic gold medalist Pal Schmitt, who was also IOC
Vice-President, chairman of World Olympians Association and is still
president of Hungarian NOC.
MARIBOR (SLO): Merlene Ottey improved her 50+ age world best to 11.84 over the weekend at a local meet.
OSTRAVA (CZE): The Local Organising Committee of the 2011 European
Athletics U23 Championships, to be held in the Czech city of Ostrava,
has reached an agreement with national carrier Czech Airlines to ensure
that high-capacity aircrafts with a higher frequency of flights in and
out of Ostrava are available around the event scheduled for 14-17
July. A brand new scoreboard will also be installed at the City
Stadium of Vitkovice, the venue for the 2011 championships, later this
year. This will also help the traditional Golden Spike Ostrava one day
meet.
