2011 Samsung DL: Doha, May 6, 2011, Official Results, with Photos, note by Larry Eder

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Samsung Diamond League Doha
Doha, 06/05/2011

Walter Dix, 2011 Doha DL, photo by PhotoRun.net

Walter Dix is healthy and full of running! Running a fine 20.06 opener in Doha, Dix took on a modest early season field, and ran his own race. Running well, Dix showed that he has overcome his injuries late in the 2010 season, and is ready to run well in 2011.

Men’ results

200 Metres – Men                                              Wind: +0.5 m/s
                                                            Pts
    1 Dix , Walter                     USA      20.06          4       
    2 Ogunode , Femi                   QAT      20.30          2       
    3 Saidy Ndure , Jaysuma            NOR      20.55          1       
    4 Boase , Jordan                   USA      20.60                  
    5 Forsythe , Mario                 JAM      20.86                  
    6 Waugh , Ainsley                  JAM      20.90                  
    7 Al-Salfa , Omar Jouma Bilal      UAE      21.32 

Asbel Kiprop, Doha DL 800m champion, photo by PhotoRun.net  

Asbel Kiprop, the 2009 WC at 1,500 meters, opened nicely over the 800 meter distance, running 1:44.72, with Michale Rimmer, Great Britain, taking second in 1;45.12. Alfred Kirwa Yego in third in 1:45.17 and Richard Kiplagat of Kenya in 1:45.48. Antoinio Reina of Spain in fifth in 1:45.55 and 2010 Euro silver medalist Marcin Lewandowski in sixth in 1:46.42.              

800 Metres – Men                                             
                                                            Pts
    1 Kiprop , Asbel                   KEN    1:44.74          4       
    2 Rimmer , Michael                 GBR    1:45.12          2       
    3 Yego , Alfred Kirwa              KEN    1:45.17          1       
    4 Kiplagat , Richard               KEN    1:45.48                  
    5 Reina , Antonio Manuel           ESP    1:45.55                  
    6 Lewandowski , Marcin             POL    1:46.42                  
    7 Driouch , Hamza                  QAT    1:50.25                  
      Tangui , Sammy                   KEN        DNF                  
      Ali , Belal Mansoor              BRN        DNS

1500 Metres – Men                                            

    1 Chepseba , Nixon Kiplimo         KEN    3:31.84
    2 Kiplagat , Silas                 KEN    3:32.15
    3 Gebremedhin , Mekonnen           ETH    3:32.28
    4 Ndiku , Caleb Mwangangi          KEN    3:3
3.05
    5 Keitany , Haron                  KEN    3:33.39
    6 Iguider , Abdalaati              MAR    3:33.50
    7 Ndiwa , Remmy Limo               KEN    3:33.65
    8 Kombich , Ismael Kipngetich      KEN    3:34.38
    9 Rono , Geoffrey Kipkoech         KEN    3:35.28
   10 Makhloufi , Taoufik              ALG    3:44.78
      Polonet , Vickson Naran          KEN        DNF                  
      Cheboi , Collins                 KEN        DNF 

  Alamirew celebrates his victory, photo by PhotoRun.net

Yenew Alamirew, all of 21, took on Edwin Soi and Eliud Kipchoge and won! His time, of course a world leader, gave Soi, a personal best in second in 7:27.55 and Eliud Kipchoge a fine 7:27.66 for third, and then, Augustine Choge, in fourth runs 7:28.76!             

3000 Metres – Men                                            
                                                            Pts
    1 Alamirew , Yenew                 ETH    7:27.26          4       
    2 Soi , Edwin Cheruiyot            KEN    7:27.55          2       
    3 Kipchoge , Eliud                 KEN    7:27.66          1       
    4 Choge , Augustine Kiprono        KEN    7:28.76                  
    5 Chepkok , Vincent Kiprop         KEN    7:30.15                  
    6 Komen , Daniel Kipchirchir       KEN    7:31.41                  
    7 Kipsiro , Moses Ndiema           UGA    7:31.83                  
    8 Bekele , Tariku                  ETH    7:33.50                  
    9 Longosiwa , Thomas Pkemei        KEN    7:33.93                  
   10 Rashed , Essa Ismail             QAT    7:34.70                  
   11 Kiptoo , Mark Kosgey             KEN    7:34.82                  
   12 Kipkoech , John                  KEN    7:34.82                  
   13 Rotich , Lucas Kimeli            KEN    7:35.57
   14 Biwott , Yusuf Kibet             KEN    7:36.84
   15 Welday , Hais                    ERI    7:37.23
   16 C’Kurui , James Kwalia           QAT    7:37.52
   17 Ebuya , Joseph                   KEN    7:55.01
      Simotwo , Suleiman Kipses        KEN        DNF                  
      Gathimba , Gideon                KEN        DNF

                 
L.J. van Zyl, 400m hurdles champ in Doha,
photo by PhotoRun.net

L.J. van Zyl won the 400 meter intermediate hurdles in Doha this year. Running 48.11, very solid early in the season, taking the hides fellow South African Cornel Fredericks (48.43) and Bershawn Jackson, aka Batman, who ran 48.44.

400 Metres Hurdles – Men                                     
                                        
                    Pts
    1 van Zyl , L.J.                   RSA      48.11          4       
    2 Fredericks , Cornel              RSA      48.43          2       
    3 Jackson , Bershawn               USA      48.44          1       
    4 Couto , Kurt                     MOZ      50.03                  
    5 Bennett , LaRon                  USA      50.28                  
    6 Yates , Ricardo                  GBR      50.34                  
    7 Fleischhauer , Georg             GER      50.46                  

High Jump – Men                                              
                                                            Pts
    1 Williams , Jesse                 USA       2.33          4       
    2 Ioannou , Kyriakos               CYP       2.33          2       
    3 Barshim , Mutaz Essa             QAT       2.31          1       
    4 Thomas , Donald                  BAH       2.29                  
    5 Jonas , Dusty                    USA       2.29                  
    6 Dmitrik , Aleksey                RUS       2.29                  
    7 Baniótis , Konstadínos           GRE       2.26                  
    8 Parsons , Tom                    GBR       2.23                  
    9 Talotti , Alessandro             ITA       2.23
   10 Al-Mannai , Rashid Ahmed         QAT       2.20
   10 Theiner , Wojciech               POL       2.20
   10 Manson , Andra                   USA       2.20

Malte Mohr, Doha pole vault champion, photo by PhotoRun.net

Sergey Bubka, the world record holder (6.14m, 31 July 1994),  and six time World Champion, must have gotten a chuckle in this one. Better than anyone, Mr. Bubka knows how the typical vaulter has some highs and lows in the vaulting world. Renaud Lavillenie, the 2011 Euro Champ and highest jumper of 2011 (6.03m) took a modest fourth place here, jumping 5.60 meters.

Malte Mohr won here, and took out the meet record of one Sergey Bubka, who cleared 5.80m here way back in 1998. (Note that, the following Sunday, Renaud Lavillenie competed in  the 100 meters and long jump at a meet in southern France, running 11.20 and jumping 6.74m).

Pole Vault – Men                                             
                                                            Pts
    1 Mohr , Malte                     GER       5.81          4       
    2 Mazuryk , Maksym                 UKR       5.70          2       
    3 Borges , L√°zaro                  CUB 
      5.60          1       
    4 Lavillenie , Renaud              FRA       5.50                  
    5 Didenkow , Mateusz               POL       5.40                  
    5 Schulze , Fabian                 GER       5.40                  
    5 Hollis , Mark                    USA       5.40                  
    5 Jeng , Alhaji                    SWE       5.40                  
    9 Lobinger , Tim                   GER       5.40
      Walker , Brad                    USA         NM                  
      Pavlov , Igor                    RUS         NM                  
      Gibilisco , Giuseppe             ITA        DNS

Teddy Tamgho winning in Doha, photo by PhotoRun.net  

Teddy Tamgho won the triple jump here in 17.49 meters. Winning by nearly a half meter, over Leevan Sands of the Bahamas, in 17.09m and Alexis Copello of Cuba ( a dangerous jumper, when he gets it together), in 17.05m, and Yoann Rapinier of France, who took fourth, jumping a very modest 16.21m.

Alas, it is early season. I had a dream though. A triple jump epic battle in Daegu, with Tamgho and Idowu, which could see some crazy long jumps!                

Triple Jump – Men                                            
                                                            Pts               Wind
    1 Tamgho , Teddy                   FRA      17.49          4              +1.0
    2 Sands , Leevan                   BAH      17.09          2              +1.9
    3 Copello , Alexis                 CUB      17.05          1              +1.0
    4 Rapinier , Yoann                 FRA      16.21                         +2.0
    5 Temacini , Sief El Islem         ALG      16.03                         +1.3
    6 Darwish , Mohamed Abbas          UAE      15.90                         +1.0
    7 Lewis , Randy                    GRN      15.83                         +0.8
      Oke , Tosin                      NGR        DNS             

Dylan Armstrong, Doha shot winner, photo by PhotoRun.net

Dylan Armstrong is a nice guy. And, on top of that, he is from Canada. The guy can throw the shot pretty darn far, and today, 21.38 meters was the throw needed to put Reese Hoffa in second in 21.27, Ryan Whiting in 21.23m for third, Maris Urtans of Latvia in fourth in 20.82m. In fifth, a recovering Christian Cantwell threw 20.79m and Tomasz Majewski of Poland, who took sixth, threw 20.68m. Not every day one beats Olympic and World Champions, so Dylan Armstrong, 2010 Commonwealth Champ, Nice job!    

Shot Put – Men                                               
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    1 Armstrong , Dylan                CAN      21.38          4       
    2 Hoffa , Reese                    USA      21.27          2       
    3 Whiting , Ryan                   USA      21.23          1       
    4 Urtans , Maris                   LAT      20.82                  
    5 Cantwell , Christian             USA      20.79                  
    6 Majewski , Tomasz                POL      20.68                  
    7 Sidorov , Maksim                 RUS      20.17                  
    8 Lyzhyn , Pavel                   BLR      20.11                  
    9 Taylor , Daniel                  USA      17.62

Gerd Kanter, Doha DL discus winner, photo by PhotoRun.net

Gerd Kanter of Estonia and Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania are the Baltic gods of the discus. Face it, without these two gargantuans, the discus is a ho-hum affair. Kanter can throw 67 meters in his sleep (67.49m to win here), and Alekna could toss a tree over 60 meters. Alekna, a man of some stature, threw the discus 65.92 meters for second. Piotr Malachowski, the Euro Champ, was back in fifth, with Jason Young of the US in seventh and Jarred Rome in ninth.

Discus Throw – Men                                           
                                                            Pts
    1 Kanter , Gerd                    EST      67.49          4       
    2 Alekna , Virgilijus              LTU      65.92          2       
    3 Casañas , Yennifer Frank         ESP      64.22          1       
    4 Hadadi , Ehsan                   IRI      64.16                  
    5 Malachowski , Piotr              POL      63.59                  
    6 Pishchalnikov , Bogdan           RUS      61.08                  
    7 Young , Jason                    USA      60.45                  
    8 Köv√°gó , Zolt√°n                  HUN      60.24                  
    9 Rome , Jarred                    USA      59.48
   10 Al-Dosari , Rashid Shafi         QAT      57.27
      Mayer , Gerhard                  AUT        DNS 

                 Petr Frydrych, Doha Javelin winner, photo by PhotoRun.net

So, take a young man with good throwing technique, team him up with the current world record holder (98.48m, 25 May 1996) Jan Zelezny, and you might have a winning combination. Consider, dear readers, the case of one Petr Frydrych. The young Czech dropped a 85.32 meter throw and won the opening DL! Johan Oosthuizen of South Africa was closest, throwing 84.38m. Tero Pitkamaki of Finland was third, hitting 83.91m. Sergey Makarov of Russia was fourth, throwing 83.78m. And Andreas Thorkildsen, the 2010 numero uno in the spear, a man who can chew tobacco or gum better than most ML baseball pitchers, was caught in a) early season , b) watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air, as he took fifth, throwing 8
3.63 meters.

Javelin Throw – Men                                          
                                                            Pts
    1 Frydrych , Petr                  CZE      85.32          4       
    2 Oosthuizen , Johan               RSA      84.38          2       
    3 Pitkämäki , Tero                 FIN      83.91          1       
    4 Makarov , Sergey                 RUS      83.78                  
    5 Thorkildsen , Andreas            NOR      83.63                  
    6 Vesel√Ω , Vítezslav               CZE      83.59                  
    7 Vasilevskis , Vadims             LAT      82.65                  
    8 de Zordo , Matthias              GER      82.45                  
    9 Pyatnytsya , Oleksandr           UKR      81.73
   10 Korotkov , Ilya                  RUS      74.44

Women’ results

200 Metres – Women                                            Wind: +0.3 m/s
                                                            Pts
    1 Moore , LaShauntea               USA      22.83          4       
    2 Williams , ChaRonda              USA      22.95          2       
    3 Hall , Patricia                  JAM      23.16          1       
    4 Okagbare , Blessing              NGR      23.19                  
    5 Fedoriva , Aleksandra            RUS      23.31                  
    6 Moore , Consuella                USA      23.85                  
    7 Savlinis , Elizabeta             RUS      23.98                  
      Anderson , Alexandria            USA        DNS 

Allyson Felix, 400m winner, Doha DL, photo by PhotoRun.net 

Allyson Felix won here, in 50.33 over Amantle Montsho, who ran 50.41. Patricia Hall ran 51.74 for third and Muriel Hurtis-Houari of France, who ran 52.30. Monica Hargrove of the US was sixth in 52.49.               

400 Metres – Women                                           
                                                            Pts
    1 Felix , Allyson                  USA      50.33          4       
    2 Montsho , Amantle                BOT      50.41          2       
    3 Hall , Patricia                  JAM      51.74          1     &
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    4 Hurtis-Houairi , Muriel          FRA      52.30                  
    5 Prendergast , Davita             JAM      52.43                  
    6 Hargrove , Monica                USA      52.49                  
    7 Thiam , Amy Mbacke               SEN      52.82                  
    8 Guei , Floria                    FRA      54.00

                  Anna Mishchenko, 1,500 meter winner, Doha, DL, photo by PhotoRun.net

Anna Mischenko of the Ukraine took this one, in 4:03.00, with Irene Jeplegat in 4:04.89 in second and Siham Hilali of Morocco in third in 4:05.18.

1500 Metres – Women                                          
                                                            Pts
    1 Mishchenko , Anna                UKR    4:03.00          4       
    2 Jelagat , Irene                  KEN    4:04.89          2       
    3 Hilali , Siham                   MAR    4:05.18          1       
    4 Kibiwot , Viola Jelagat          KEN    4:05.54                  
    5 Gezahegne , Kalkidan             ETH    4:06.52                  
    6 Lakhouad , Btissam               MAR    4:07.60                  
    7 Plis , Renata                    POL    4:09.51                  
    8 Akkaoui , Malika                 MAR    4:09.88                  
    9 Elmore , Malindi                 CAN    4:11.79                  
   10 Sum , Eunice Jepkoech            KEN    4:12.41                  
   11 Bogale , Tizita                  ETH    4:12.78                  
   12 Desalegn , Betlhem               UAE    4:18.67                  
      Tverdostup , Tamara              UKR        DNF 

Milcah Chemos Cheywa, Doha DL steeple winner, photo by Photorun.net

The steeplechase will be a very tough race in Daegu this coming August. Take the first race globally, in Doha, where Milcah  Cheywa wins in 9:16.44, with Mercy Njoroge in 9:16.94 and Lydia Jebet Rotich in third in 9:19.20.

My guess? It will take 9 minutes to medal in 2011. The battle between Kenya and Russia could be intense here. Wonder if any of our American woman (Simpson, Pierce, Hall, Coburn), will focus on it?               

3000 Metres Steeplechase – Women                             
                                                            Pts
    1 Cheywa , Milcah Chemos           KEN    9:16.44          4       
    2 Njoroge , Mercy Wanjiku          KEN    9:16.94          2       
    3 Rotich , Lydia Jebet             KEN    9:19.20          1 &nbsp
;     
    4 Assefa , Sofia                   ETH    9:25.08                  
    5 Fente , Birtukan                 ETH    9:38.29                  
    6 Hyman , Mardrea                  JAM   10:04.57                  
    7 Casandra , Cristina              ROU   10:06.45                  
      Juravel , Oxana                  MDA        DNF

100 m hurdle wars, Doha, photo by PhotoRun.net

Kellie Wells won this one in 12.58. Danielle Carruthers took second in a nice 12.65 and LoLo Jones ran third here, in 12.67 with Ginnie Crawford running fourth in 12.73.                 

100 Metres Hurdles – Women                                    Wind: +1.3 m/s
                                                            Pts
    1 Wells , Kellie                   USA      12.58          4       
    2 Carruthers , Danielle            USA      12.64          2       
    3 Jones , LoLo                     USA      12.67          1       
    4 Crawford , Ginnie                USA      12.73                  
    5 Denby , Nichole                  USA      12.98                  
    6 Lewis , Yvette                   USA      13.07                  
    7 Law , Celriece                   USA      13.19                  
    8 Gomis , Sandra                   FRA      13.23

                  Kellie Wells, 100m hurdle winner, photo by PhotoRun.net

Fumi Jimoh won the long jump in a nice 6.88 m jump. Maurren Higa Maggi, of  Brasil, took second in 6.87m-oh, so close! Anna Nazarova of Russia was third in 6.77m and Tatyana Kotova of Russia was fourth with a jump of 6.74m.

Long Jump – Women                                            
                                                            Pts               Wind
    1 Jimoh , Funmi                    USA       6.88          4              +1.6
    2 Maggi , Maurren Higa             BRA       6.87          2              +1.5
    3 Nazarova , Anna                  RUS       6.77          1              +1.2
    4 Kotova , Tatyana                 RUS       6.74                         +2.0
    5 Lesueur , Éloyse                 FRA       6.66                         +1.3
    6 Španovic , Ivana                 SRB       6.63      &
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    7 Pidluzhnaya , Yulia              RUS       6.59                         +0.8
    8 Radevica , Ineta                 LAT       6.55                         +2.5
    9 Costa , Keila                    BRA       6.36      +1.5
      Sokolova , Elena                 RUS         NM

                  Fumi Jimoh finding air, Doha DL Long Jump, photo by PhotoRun.net